"Yes, but the rocks were available to everybody. People don't like it when somebody else has access to a weapon they do not."

"Take me for example. I can no longer use a sword. Now imagine there's another guest here that's an expert swordsman and he carries a sword about, too. Should he decide to use it on me, I can't defend myself with a sword, so I get scared and start carrying a gun. Now that scares him, because I could shoot him while I'm still out of reach of his sword." Jan shuddered. Maybe this wasn't such a good example ...