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We live in a society where a gentleman walking down the street with his sword on is arrested.

Not everywhere. When we do Cowboy Action Shooting (period correct clothing and firearms) up in VT, we would all go out to dinner together afterwards. Most of us would keep our outfits on, sidearms and all, as open carry is legal there. The saying always was, you could tell the locals from the tourists because the tourists would ask "Are those guns real?" and the locals would say "What's up with the funny clothes?".
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