Re: tricyclist shot

On 9/15/2024 2:54 PM, AMuzi wrote:

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.

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Gosh! He didn't need a 30 round magazine and the ability to empty it into his prey within a minute?

 Utterly different situations.

Actually, my comment was meant to question the occasional claim that an AR is just the thing for deer hunting.

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/

Yes, I've read about that "21 foot" idea before. Call me amazingly brave or call me naive, but I still walk or bike unarmed within 21 feet of strangers!
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- Frank Krygowski