Originally Posted by Yakk

On one hand, one might think "in a socieity where everyone has a gun, this wouldn't happen. Someone who threw a bottle of water at someone on the side of the road has a decent chance of being shot at in anger -- you'd have to be an idiot to do it".

And at the same time, in that armed society, the teenagers driving by might have just used a silenced pistol instead of a water bottle.

Not political, just first thoughts on the matter.