Michigan is full of gun toting nut-jobs. Guns are quite abundant and easy to get your hands on. You've got to remember, we're the U.S. capital for anti-government, homegrown terrorism. I don't see finding a gun ever being a problem in Michigan, even for someone like me who can't legally buy one.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell