Editing Paradise City:Introduction to Paradise City (section)

==The Reality==

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In reality, what weapons you can carry varies enormously depending on what part of the city you are in, ranging from nothing at all to auto rifles.  Area descriptions under [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Paradise_City:Urban_Geography Urban Geography] will describe the specific weapon culture in that area – read them carefully before entering an area, as it could mean the difference between life and death. As a rule of thumb, the more important, prosperous or privately-owned an area is, the tighter the restrictions are likely to be.  Corporate offices will have a “No Weapons” sign at every door and police in middleclass neighborhoods will arrest someone for having a visible weapon.  On the other hand, you can carry an auto-pistol on your hip in the seedier parts of the downtown commercial district - although even a very rough bar is likely to demand that handguns be left at the door.  Police in poor neighborhoods control weapons as strictly as they can.  Enforcement ranges from arresting anyone found to be carrying a weapon to taking no notice of anything short of a squad-support weapon.  Suffice to say that any neighborhood in which the police won’t stop you from walking down the street carrying a submachine gun has been effectively ceded to the gangs – who will have their own unique opinions about what kinds of weapons it is alright to carry into their territory.