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From: dbongard@netcom.com (Dan Bongard)
Subject: Re: Quake, Violence, Guns, Constitution, et al
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Ed Jankovsky (syrinx@primenet.com) wrote:
: Dan Bongard <dbongard@netcom.com> wrote:
:: Ed Jankovsky (syrinx@leave.me.alone.primenet.com) wrote:

:: It is "the chance of you being killed if you cooperate" vs "the chance
:: of you being killed if you fight back". I'll take the latter, because
:: I am not willing to trust to the kindness of an armed stranger
:: burglarizing my house.

: And you know what?  That bounty hunter "mishap" that I mentioned that you
: snipped out.. after that incident, we had a string of 5 more similar
: incidents where 1 group broke into  houses, demanded money and jewelry, in
: most cases they did assault the homeowners but they didn't kill a single
: person.

If they _had_ killed a single person, would you cease to be the anti-gun
fascist that you are and recognize the legitimacy of self defense?

The fact of the matter is that anecdotal evidence doesn't mean shit.
Yes, this particular set of burglars didn't kill unless threatened.
Others kill for the hell of it. My point stands -- I'm not willing to
assume that an armed burglar won't kill me. 

: They were caught last week by the police after a 911 call from
: one of the victims.  You know who the group was? Teenagers with guns.

You know what? It isn't legal for a teenager to buy a gun. Yet people
like you continue to think that making it illegal to buy guns will
stop incidents like the one above. Pathetic.

-- Dan
