Back in 2015 for gaming PC: Steam and Nvidia driver updates via package manager, Xfce (used it before on multiple laptops), promise to be more stable than vanilla arch.

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I agree with you, placing the hand on top of the weapon (not grabbing the handle) is still a standard procedure in potentially dangerous situation. Fot example the police in Germany is trained to do this too.

I’m no fan of the US police but unfortunately some people reach for a gun pretending to get their papers. So it kinda makes sense to at least be ready for the worst.