I will be in the minority. It looks like fun to me (being blanks). It also keeps your people accustomed to guns in general, which I would say is a huge benefit.
It's a good benefit only in high IQ, high trust societies. In the middle east and Africa you have permanent civil wars.
I'll have to disagree. I think one thing the Shia and Sunni is having high trust with one another. By specific subset of religion (both moslems groups but hate each other) and their skin color, they are incredibly allied with their fellow inbreds.
E: The slightest criminal infraction is met with severe justice. Theft, goodbye hand. Infidelity, welcome to stoning. Granted there is a ton of sheep fucking hypocrisy, but we have public school teachers and religious folks that do worse.
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