I always assumed everyone in Idaho has a gun and stockpiles.
This is based on nothing by me.
Though I knew a fellow Airman that lived in Sandpoint, and he said many on the outskirts didn’t care for government.
No clue if true. This was in 2001.
Your fellow airman was telling the truth. And not just on the outskirts, either.
Idaho is a heavily armed state, but probably not so much among young college students.
Randy Weaver’s house at Ruby Ridge was not far from Sandpoint.