On Jan 11, 4:00*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
RicodJour wrote:

Interesting. *Probability of being hit by lightning interesting, but
interesting. *That's my issue with the whole gun thing. *I don't care
if people own guns any *more than I care if people own fireworks or
jet planes, but people whip out these astoundingly remote
possibilities as justification for owning a gun. *I suppose it's akin
to telling the wife that you _need_ the new Porsche four door sedan
(screaming car, BTW, but kinda ugly) in case you have to rush someone
to the hospital at 180 MPH. *I mean it could happen, right, honey, so
can I get it - for safety's sake....?

Do you feel the same way about fire insurance? A house fire is also an
astonishingly rare event (at least for those who change the batteries in
their smoke detectors).

Point is, one weighs the probability of the occurrence against the magnitude
of the harm, coupled with the cost to prevent or recover from that harm.

Owning a gun is cheap compared to the cost of the (admittedly rare)
situation that you might need it. $400 vs. my life... let me think.

By that thinking you should never ride in a motor car.
Owning a gun won't save you and may precipitate your death. Didn't
help the Giffords woman. Because it wasn't in her hand when she
needed it, As your's won't be.