"cavelamb himself" wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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In article , "Ed Huntress"
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That's fine. Now, if he's so good to have around, why did he have to
call
the police 42 times and *still* have to shoot and kill two criminals who
broke in? How much use is *that*? How much safer are you because he's
there?

Two fewer thieves in the world because of him, obviously. Works for me.


And that's all you're going to get out of it, Doug, a little thrill.
Because killing two burglars in a city that had 21,653 of them last year
tells us that all that will happen is that some gun-totin' folks who live
in fantasyland will get their rocks off when they watch the evening news.

Despite all the loaded guns in Dallas homes and businesses (and the
number, from a study done in 1988 - 1992 is pretty remarkable; one
assumes not much has changed in that regard), Dallas's burglary rate is
six times higher than that of New York City.

There's an inconvenient truth for ya', huh?

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Ed Huntress


Aw, come on Ed.

Half of New York City lives in Dallas now.

What can you expect???

Jeez. Well, based on the crime statistics for both cities, the NYC residents
probably have reduced Dallas's crime rate by quite a bit. It would be like
one of Dick Cheney's hunting preserves without them. d8-)

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Ed Huntress