I don't think the "armed to the teeth" theory is correct. If you were right, people wouldn't honk at each other or otherwise involve themselves in any sort of

I don't think the "armed to the teeth" theory is correct. If you were right, people wouldn't honk at each other or otherwise involve themselves in any sort of road rage. But people rage at each other all the time, and only very rarely does someone get shot. The reason people aren't walking around stabbing you in the eye with a needle is because there is no reason for them to do that. They gain nothing. They don't desire that it be done.