My Dad’s sister and her family lived in Vermont. It’s weird; as liberal as it is, it has some of the most lax gun laws in the nation. Open, concealed carry, no permit required. At least last I’d heard.
Yeah, they are a different kind of liberal up there. Not wanting to stereotype because there are all kinds of people everywhere, but the VT liberal is kinda a paradox compared to the other new england liberal types. They are sort of “revolutionary communal marxists”. They like the idea of the collective, but they also like the idea of being a completely free individual outside of your duties to the collective, and so they support right to fight to the death for those freedoms. Of course, this is gross generalization but its kind of my impression.
” it has some of the most lax gun laws in the nation. Open, concealed carry, no permit required. At least last I’d heard”
I believe that’s still true. As an FFL, I used to receive a big book with all of the guns laws for every state (now it’s online). Out of several hundred pages of state laws, Vermont had about one page.