Let's talk gun ownership and statistics. More precisely: the unseen power of very small probabilities.
Did you verbally communicate the correlation of German=Non Gun or was it always an implied context?
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Implied. This was typically before I had said a word. Cop, hand on holster: "Can I see your drivers license, sir?" Me: *hands over German drivers licence* Cop *takes hand off holster, stands at ease*: "Thank you sir, do you also have a local drivers license?"
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Honestly fascinated that prompts such a response. US native myself, but I would have assumed supplying a foreign ID and not local initially would at first glance have raised suspicion, not relaxed it.
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I assume this very much depends on where the foreign ID is from.
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My reasoning was more that your operating a vehicle should require some form of local licence or an IDP, and identifying yourself with a foreign id doesnt prove you can drive. Ie: bartender shouldn't question age based on nation, but a German ID alone doesnt mean you can drive.
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For rental cars you don't need local IDs.
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I was not aware of that. TIL.

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Stereotyping is a very powerful tool. It sets priors in an engagement where you know very little about the other. Germans build cars, drive on the autobahn, have very strict drivers license tests, and are more likely tourists than residents.
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So me handing over my German drivers license was a way to set priors based on stereotypes (which might be true or not in my case) to defuse a potentially tense situation. That's a privilege not everybody has.
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