Re: bike path news

On 3/11/2025 8:47 AM, Zen Cycle wrote:

On 3/10/2025 8:11 PM, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/10/2025 6:21 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/10/2025 2:38 PM, AMuzi wrote:

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People form their own opinions and arrange their own behavior based on their own situation.

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Yes - or based on their own phobias. I know people who are horribly afraid of spiders, garter snakes, honeybees, graveyards and more.
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Smart? No. Logical? No. But at least they're not carrying lethal weaponry.
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My daughter for example used to take the train to work in inclement or bitter cold Chicago winters.
No longer. ...

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You're the anecdote master, Andrew. But IIRC you've not yet found a horrifying anecdote about quiet bike paths in suburban Florida, near our timid tricycle rider.
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The murder of this thread was of an unarmed man on a bike path.
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 And there's no evidence regarding motive, whether or not there was a struggle, if the victim was taken by surprise...How much good do you think carrying a gun is going to do if you're strolling along the bike path and someone comes up from behind and pops one into your skull?
 How relevant would you consider the crime to safety of a bike path is if the victim was specifically targeted rather than a crime of opportunity?
 This single data point hardly rationalizes carrying a gun out of fear _literally_ 3000 miles away.
 

I don't know anything more than the report we both read.
But overall, I did routinely carry where/when I felt it was prudent. Never on a bicycle, and I generally don't carry now but I understand that situations vary. Greatly. As do personal assessments of risk.
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