In message , Fred J. McCall
writes
"Yama" wrote:
:On a plus side, odds of getting gunned down are considerably smaller...

Well, odds of getting 'gunned down' here aren't significantly higher
than they are in Britain, if one starts off with the assumption that
one isn't a gang banger.

But then starting assumptions are one of the reasons for the claim
"lies, damn lies, and statistics".

We're regularly told how we're at risk of violent death, hateful
enslavement, or both because we have fewer firearms than the US. The
point that my neighbourhood's had one armed robbery in five years (and
that with a toy gun... the cashier laughed and the would-be robber fled)
is by the bye. Apparently we're doomed to imminent death by a lack of
handguns.

Reality is less straightforward. We're not all going to die for a lack
of weapons and the US is not going to self-destruct for a surplus of
domestic firearms.



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When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

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