..........well, I think your right in some precincts in some counties out of the 3,144 counties, parishes and boroughs in the U.S.
For example, in parts of say Mass., I have no doubt what you say about the “neighbors” is accurate.
But, if you go to say Odessa, Texas, every single house out there has guns laying around everywhere. Pick up trucks have them in gun racks in the back window. “Neighbors” are just that................”neighbors” and if some feds showed up to hassle the guy down the street about his guns the whole town would converge on them from all directions. There are not enough feds around with the balls to do something like that, in my opinion.
I should have let everybody know that I live in liberal California.