What would you change?, Making the most of your reality Options

[Voran]

I'm just curious on what people would change in their SR world (or have changed), taking it from canon to something more in line with how you'd prefer the SR world to be.

If I were to rewrite the setting, I would:

1. Overhaul the use of private security corps, such as Lonestar, as large scale police forces. Cop services would be provided much as they are in real life, by local cops. They'd fall under UCAS/CAS laws and have no extraterritorality. Lone Star and Knight Errant would exist, but they instead compete for the contract to assist the local cops, Seattle PD, for example, and would fall under the direct jurisdiction of the cops. This would add a wrinkle and in my opinion for my world, make runs a little harder. You wouldn't have the blanket overall corruption that's listed in LS. Basically I'm trying to make it harder for runners to get into firefights with cops and have no qualms about shooting them. Also, it gets rid of the silly situation of: What happens if UCAS decides to not re-up their LS contact? Do all LS personnel leave? Is there some sorta quiet transition of control to say Knight Errant? (Yeah right). Do all LS personnel in Seattle jump ship and goto KE? In changing services would that mean there's a period of time of NO coverage?

2. In a landslide victory of gun activists, history was rewritten, allowing current gun laws and the like to be more in line with how the pictures in SR texts suggest.: Alot of people have guns. They wear them openly. You're not going to get busted for wearing guns, to a degree. Having a pistol or two showing won't be too bad. In fact, wearing as many pistols/machine pistols as Neo did in Matrix won't be too bad either. Wearing big stuff openly, slung assault rifles, etc, will get you pulled over (so to speak). Establishments would still have their own rules, "Check your guns at the door!". Gun crimes would have slightly different laws. Don't blow up too much property. Don't hurt bystanders. Don't shoot cops. Otherwise, feel free to have a firefight.

3. Cyber essence costs would be about 60 to 75% of what they are now. Allowing more cyber. Cyber would also be more concealable than it is now. Higher boosts to cyberlimbs (quick and strength, for example) wouldn't have extra essence costs, but would be harder to acquire. Kinda going for a Ghost in the Shell setup, where cyber is much more present and much more concealed.