Sujet : Re: tricyclist shot
De : am (at) *nospam* yellowjersey.org (AMuzi)
Groupes : rec.bicycles.techDate : 15. Sep 2024, 20:54:50
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On 9/15/2024 1:41 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 9/14/2024 10:03 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 18:30:16 -0300, Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote:
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On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 16:50:38 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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On 9/14/2024 11:42 AM, AMuzi wrote:
https://nypost.com/2024/09/13/us-news/cyclist-75-stuck- in-face-by-stray-
bullet-on-nyc-street/
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Fortunately NY laws kept the victim from returning fire, else it could
have been a tragedy for the hapless juveniles, damaged by society's
failures.
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This is what happens if you saturate society with guns.
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According to the article, all of the criminals were teens.
It's probably easier to buy a stolen gun that a bottle of beer.
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But gosh, no "good guy with a gun" was able to stop the shooting? How
can that be?
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I'm glad the laws kept him from returning fire. Imagine a 75
year old with blood clouding his eyesight emptying a 15 round magazine
into what he "thought" were the "bad guys".
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Well (:-) my grandfather well into his 70's, and maybe 80's, was still
hunting and using 1 bullet for 1 deer.
Gosh! He didn't need a 30 round magazine and the ability to empty it into his prey within a minute?
Utterly different situations.
Carefully and quietly tracking deer and lining up a shot has zero relevance to defending against a human threat. Any human deadly threat, not only a 'two way range'.
Knives for example:
https://www.police1.com/legal/articles/new-knife-attack-decision-court-ponders-how-far-is-close-enough-to-be-an-immediate-threat-EVKm7zBreo2oKUmm/-- Andrew Muziam@yellowjersey.orgOpen every day since 1 April, 1971
tricyclist shot
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