> More to the point, you've been trained think that is normal, in countries where guns aren't legal, the very sight of a gun would strike fear into people.
I suppose that might be true in some places, but I've lived in Europe
and spent a fair amount of time in Mexico, and my observations in both
were that the police carried much more serious weaponry under normal
circumstances than you see in the US.
> I don't know where you live, but public nudity will get you in trouble just about anywhere in the U.S.
I live in Oregon, where we have a constitutional right to be naked in
public.
> You just can't stroll through a mall naked, you will be forcibly removed and you will meet some police.
Malls are private property, not public property. The owners of the
mall have every bit as much right to exclude someone being naked on
their property as I do on my property.
> Same as above, stroll though a mall falling over drunk and you'll meet some police very quickly. Public drunkenness will get you in trouble in most public places that aren't a bar.
Again, malls are private property. And, I suppose I can’t argue with
whatever your experiences were, but I see lots of drunk people
wandering about on a typical Friday or Saturday and the only ones who
have problems with the police are the ones who try to start fights, or
who won’t leave private property when asked.