"Cliff" wrote in message
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On Tue, 2 May 2006 23:22:15 -0700, "Hawke" wrote:
First off, accidental shootings have declined considerably over the years
and as I recall there are somewhere around 5,000 accidental deaths by guns
per year.
"In 1999, there were only 154 justifiable homicides by private citizens
in the
United States.
%%%% Bull****. There have been over 154 already this year.
Miami, Florida
From Miami's CBS4.comPublication of May 4, 2006
Home Invasion Suspect Shot Dead By Neighbor
Second Suspect Captured
Third Suspect Remains On The Loose
Neighbor's Daughter Also Accidentally Hurt By Her Brother During The
Commotion
A home invasion robbery has turned deadly for one of the bad guys, while a
second suspect was captured and a third remains loose.
It all started around 10:45 p.m. Wednesday night the trio of armed home
invaders knocked on the door of 15980 SW 76th Street in the community of
Lago Mar. When the victim opened the door, the three armed men forced their
way in with a gun to the victim's head.
The victim's girlfriend was in another room. When she realized what was
going on, she quickly ran out of the back of the house with her cell phone
and called police. Then she ran to her neighbor's home for help.
That neighbor then grabbed a gun and ran next door to help. At some point
however, he was confronted by the 3 armed suspects and there was an exchange
of gunfire.
One suspect was hit and he died on the scene.
Another suspect was quickly captured by a MDPD K9 officer, but a third
however, managed to elude police and is still at large.
Officers have also recovered at least one knife and several guns from the
scene. It's evidence, police say, that was dropped by the suspects when they
tried to getaway.
Tragically, when the neighbor ran out of his home with his gun, his son
also ran out of the house to help while holding a butcher knife. The boy's
12 year old sister also ran out of the house and was accidentally cut by the
brother holding the knife. She sliced an artery and was rushed to the
hospital to undergo surgery.
Miami-Dade Homicide detectives are presently investigating this case.
IOW The gun was actually used in self defense to kill someone....
http://www.bradycampaign.org/facts/f...page=firefacts
5,000 (may be high)/154 = 32.5 odds against you. But police
shootings need to be counted too if they were "justifiable".
Sort of in line with one of Gunner's cites.
But I'll still only claim ~ 8 to 1 against you, based on the research
I did g.
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Cliff