everyone has a gun

on tv shows everyone has a gun
cops, robbers, detectives, shopkeepers
show girls, drag queens, car dealers
wives, girlfriends, mothers, husbands, lovers
In real life I only know two people with guns.
Neither one of them carries them around like TV show people
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