Re: Ove Interest?

On 3/6/2025 11:24 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/6/2025 10:36 AM, cyclintom wrote:

On Tue Feb 18 10:58:22 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

On 2/18/2025 7:25 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:20:07 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:

  If the
city of  Chicago were to pass a law that anyone poses sing a firearm
in their home would be subject to  $50,000 fine and 1 year in jail. or
what penalty would be required to ensure compliance with the law.
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What would be the effect on crime in the city (?-)

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Probably an increase in crime, especially home invasions.

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:-)  So, so scary!!!
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Damn, such paranoia!

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Frank, on a good day you're a fool, on a bad day you don't even reach that level.
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"On average, 3,062 burglaries happen in the U.S. every day." That is from Forbes.

 Whoa! Let's see: That's out of over 131 million households. That means there's the very, very scary 0.02% chance this house will be burglarized today. 0.02% chance!
 Oops, no, wait! That's grossly exaggerated, because most burglaries are not of households. Most seem to be businesses. So ... maybe a 0.01% chance I'll be wanting to grab a gun today?
 Nope, even that is exaggerated. Burglars, understandably, prefer house where nobody's home. One source says over 70% involve nobody being around.
 And I'll remind you that the community where I live has been rated the sixth safest in the state. I think that means I'll be below the overall national average.
 How close to zero risk do you require, Tom? And hey, maybe you should move out of that hellhole you live in!  ;-)
 

A burglary is criminal entry and theft without human to human interaction. That's different from robbery or home invasion with implied or applied deadly force.
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