Re: 8 & 9 year old girls riding bicycles

On 12/28/2024 9:41 AM, AMuzi wrote:

On 12/27/2024 8:55 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 12/27/2024 2:25 PM, AMuzi wrote:

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Our tricycle rider just said that seconds count. When you're at home, is your gun on your person at all times, just in case of a home invasion? Is his? I'm betting not. I'm betting if you did suffer a home invasion, like John did, your gun would be useless. Like John's was.

 And yet the Justice Department, which clearly undercounts, says 100,000 defensive incidents per year. All other sources are higher, most much higher.

The "sources" pushing gun proliferation are giving much higher estimates, and have been roundly criticized for their rather obvious errors and distortions.
But even the 100,000 defensive uses of a gun do not prove the gun was necessary. Example: On two occasions I had angry motorists get out of their cars and attempt to scare me by aggressively moving toward me. If Mr. Tricycle had been in my place (and able to stand and pedal a two wheeler) he probably would have pulled his gun out of its holster and later said "See?? My gun saved my life!" of some such nonsense. He'd count it as a defensive use of a gun.
I didn't do that. I didn't need to. I just stood there and glared at each of the guys. When they saw I wasn't afraid, they stopped.
And for the more fearful, it doesn't have to be a gun. I know two women whose key chains contain tiny Mace spray cans. But neither has ever needed to use theirs.
Many people are excessively fearful, and our society is getting more fearful all the time.
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- Frank Krygowski