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To state the obvious: PWV members do not carry guns. They are not armed.

They also have no enforcement authority. They can’t punish anyone.

They are unarmed in the wilderness, far from help.

And it works.

Once in a while, somebody ignores them or is a jerk — and they drop it. Because what point does escalation serve?! Their goal is not to win some imaginary contest; it’s help people and wilderness. And in the aggregate, conversation is •more effective• than intimidation.

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