Everyone Is Armed/Playing With

Basic Trope: ???
 * Straight: Weapons are widely owned and play a substantial part in culture.
 * Exaggerated: Toddlers walk around toting tommy guns like Film Noir mob enforcers.
 * Downplayed: Many people own arms, but they are only displayed on special occasions like military maneuvers or pageants involving the display of weapons.
 * Justified: It is a dangerous neighborhood with nasty people around.
 * Inverted: Only elites and their servants are allowed arms.
 * Subverted: Everyone is theoretically allowed to be armed but the regulations for ownership are deliberately made to esoteric for anyone to master without a lawyer.
 * Double Subverted: So the proles simply learn to fight with farm implements.
 * Parodied: Everyone has a squirt gun. And uses it to shocking effect!
 * Zig Zagged: Personal weapons are allowed especially those for ceremony or sport or obvious self-defense/survival needs. Really hefty firepower gets more complicated and the need for it sometimes has to be proved.
 * Averted: ???
 * Enforced: ???
 * Lampshaded: This is the the West don't you know. Everyone owns a weapon. And they have a shootout at every high noon. Yessir there's gonna be another one in just an hour. Let's pack a lunch and go to the plaza and watch.
 * Invoked: ???
 * Exploited: Your majesty, why don't you go conquer Switzerland. Those folk don't know how to do anything but make chocolate!
 * Defied: ???
 * Discussed: ???
 * Conversed: ???
 * Deconstructed: Society is beset by lawlessness and feuding.
 * Reconstructed: But when an invader comes all unite to throw him out.
 * Played For Laughs:
 * Played For Drama: To be a citizen Bob has to demonstrate that he understands how to use weapons and when to use them. This requires a rigorous Rite of Passage.
 * Intended Audience Reaction: ??? -->


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