> An armed society is a polite society. -- RAH

You may wish to actually look up the Heinlein quotation and its context:

> To begin with, the quote isn’t a Heinlein quote any more than “I seen that black n****** yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella!” is a Harper Lee quote. The “polite society” line comes from a Robert Heinlein character in the novel Beyond This Horizon. That character is a privileged product of generations of eugenics. He lives in a society where genetic manipulation has extended lifespans and overpopulation is a prime concern. In that world, dueling has been re-introduced not because it makes people “polite” but because it kills people. And the character likes it because he believes it specifically kills those lesser people, those genetically inferior people, who need to be weeded out to make room for the übermensch to thrive.

* https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/2/1881430/--An-armed...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_This_Horizon#In_popular...

Further:

> There are two problems with this line of thought. First, there is plenty of evidence that it is not true. Second, even if it were true, we shouldn't settle for this kind of "politeness."

* https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/ethics-everyone/2022...

I'd expect if this were true, then the USA which has the highest per capita concentration of guns anywhere in the world, should also have the least amount of crime, but this isn't the case.

Politeness grounded in fear and the threat of violence.

Arguments and differences escalating to shoot outs.

Sounds like Utopia... in the 5th circle of hell.

And that sentence is made up. It is sentence from fictional story. It does not accurately describes how real world works. Many cultures full of gun are super rude - macho dudes proving masculinity and low level criminals are more likely to have guns and are way less polite then average person.