Re: bike path news

On 3/11/2025 12:34 AM, John B. wrote:

  Re the "protection" that seems to be overwhelming reply to the
question for owning a gun. I wonder.
 If you were to say something like "Shooting targets" there are a lot
of people (such as Frank) who will ridicule you for that.

Nope, that's a lie. I've never ridiculed anyone for (normal) target shooting. I did ridicule the pot bellied middle aged men in YouTube videos dodging around from cover to cover and shooting at pretend combatants, IOW man-shaped dummies. Playing soldier is silly once you're over 8 years old.

If you say
"hunting" you get a response like "OH! You want to kill Bambi",

I've said countless times that I'm strongly in favor of hunting. We need more of it.

but "For protection" seems to sound a rational response that the majority
will accept.

If a person thinks he needs the "protection" of a gun every time he rides a bike, or pumps gas at night, he's incredibly fearful.
I very much doubt you were ever that timid, John.
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- Frank Krygowski