Quote Originally Posted by awa View Post
I think some people are overestimate the paranoia aspect. Just becuase someone could pull a gun and shoot me at any time doesn't mean i fear walking down the street people generally have no reason to want to harm me.

I could see a lot of emphasis on controlling your emotions and talking about your feelings where some one getting visible angry is seen as a huge deal equivalent to some one whipping out a gun.
I think the paranoia might strongly depend on the history of the society (and we're creating it in this thread :) ). It might take just a single psychic-killing spree to amp the paranoia level "to 11".

The question is how will people around someone "whipping out gun" react, if basically everyone has a gun drawn already. I know the family/friends will probably try to calm such a person down, but any public outburst of anger might be suicide.