Re: Most significant advance in bike technology for speed?

On 2/4/2025 6:27 PM, John B. wrote:

On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 09:47:05 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@gXXmail.com> wrote:
 

On 2/4/2025 12:24 AM, John B. wrote:

On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 20:55:56 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@gXXmail.com> wrote:
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On 2/3/2025 12:55 PM, cyclintom wrote:

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Noone "wins" an argument about opinions. Is that what you think you're doing by arguing that Catrike shouldn't be carrying a gun despite a Constitutional Amendment giving him the right to do so? Your opinion appears to be counter to the Constitution and you believe that you're winning something? Murder rates tend to be lowest in areas with the most highly rural populations so zsparate people and you don't have violent confrontations. Gun laws make little to no diffrence.

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I'm just pointing out that almost all people who carry guns do so
because they are afraid. In nearly all cases, they are afraid of things
that never happen. That's phobia.
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And I'm aware I'm violating my resolution to stop responding to, um, a
certain type of person. I'll try to do better.

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   ... would you answer just a few little questions?
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(1)
According to a new Washington Post-Ipsos poll released on
Monday....found that 32 percent of adults report owning guns.
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Could you tell us what portion of these gun owners you interviewed to
determine how many actually carry a gun.
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(2) Did you determine what, if anything, these gun carriers were
afraid of? Fear does very a great deal depending on circumstances you
know.
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Or is just another example of Frankie blathering on about a subject
that he knows nothing about trying to impress the readers with his
vast knowledge?

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John, I don't see the point of your question #1. I didn't make any
claims about the number of people carrying guns. Why are you trying to
bring up that number?
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As to what gun "protection" fans are afraid of, read the article I
linked in another post - the one the tricycle rider is purportedly
AFRAID to click! It quotes LaPierre listing the oh so scary things that
justify carrying a gun: "We know in the world that surrounds us there
are terrorists and there are home invaders, drug cartels, carjackers,
knockout gamers, and rapers, and haters, and campus killers, airport
killers, shopping mall killers..."
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Remember, that guy is on your side of the argument, And yet, in the text
of the article, the NRA admits that the chance of needing a gun against
such things is beyond infinitesmal. And understand that we people who do
not have phobias about those terrible dangers do just fine. Exceptions
exist, but they are too rare to justify bothering with a gun - and
risking the chance that the gun will do more harm than good.

 Nope. The article you references stated that “There are 318.9 million
American citizens. The odds of you and me needing a gun to protect our
lives is not that much better than Colion the Incredible putting these
cards back in the exact order....”
 Which is a bit different then your "NRA admits that the chance of
needing a gun...".
 Or perhaps you don't understand the ratio of two specific individuals
among some 318.9 million inhabitants requiring a gun.

Chances are small with something like 340 million people, 400 million firearms and 365  days per year.  Defensive use of firearms is 1.5 million incidents per year.
https://reason.com/2022/09/09/the-largest-ever-survey-of-american-gun-owners-finds-that-defensive-use-of-firearms-is-common/
or maybe between 2.2 and 2.8 million
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/13/602143823/how-often-do-people-use-guns-in-self-defense
or maybe 1.8 million
https://www.legalreader.com/defensive-gun-use-statistics-americas-life-saving-gun-incidents-2024/
or between half a million and 2.8 million:
https://americangunfacts.com/guns-used-in-self-defense-stats/
But certainly not every firearm owner every day!
And also not never.
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Andrew Muzi
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