California also does not honor nor grant concealed carry permits to non-residents, which is one reason I'll never visit again.
Note the violent crime rate in Vermont was the third lowest of any state as of 2020, after Maine and New Hampshire.
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We argue about policy all the time, but policy is downstream of other things.
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