harry wrote:
On May 24, 1:02 pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
harry wrote:

Which anti-government terrorist organisation is that and why do you
feel qualified to intervene?
Typical Yank ****bag. Watches too much Hollywood and imagines these
ficticious situations with himself in the starring role.

Hello! You're in cloud cuckooland. A fantasy world created in your
own warped mind that does not exist, terrorised by government
inspired phantoms that don't exist.

You only have to look at the Tucson/Gifford incident when all the
heros with guns ran away and a little old lady disarmed the wouldbe
assassin.

Hah! Gun freaks! Cowardly arseholes. Frightened of shadows. Probably
wet himself as a kid imagining the bogeyman under the bed.

It's usually not necessary to intervene. The deterrence factor in
the mind of the goblin is that somebody MIGHT intervene.

According to best estimates, there are several million defensive gun
uses in the US annually. That is, no shots were fired but the
stink-eye rightly concluded that withdrawal from the scene was the
life-preserving choice.

I have, for example, chose to draw my weapon three times since 1995
(twice in Home Depot parking lots!) after being accosted by squints
armed with a crow-bar or a piece of rebar. In all three cases the
do-bads did not heed my command to "Stop! Come no closer!"

In the case of Tuscon, bear in mind that only about 2% of the
population of Arizona (165,000 out of 7 million) has a concealed
handgun license (CHL). The crowd at Gifford's rally numbered
approximately 80 people. Statistically, that's less than two people
in the crowd with a weapon. Further, the crowd was quite likely
pro-Gifford (Democratic) and, overall, more inclined to singing
kumbaya than putting holes in a non-sillohette.

Bear in mind, the usualy purpose of a CHL is to protect the bearer's
life, not a third person.

Even after all that, a CHL holder was quickly on the scene, ready to
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Yeah, right.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_vio... lated_to_guns

Four times higher in the USA than comparable countries.

Agreed. But without guns in the hands of responsible people, well, heck, the
rate may be TEN times higher! It's guns that keep the rate so low!

And comparisons between countries are specious. For every country you find
with few guns and low crime, I can find contrary examples.

The safest large city in America is El Paso, Texas. Lots of guns, few gun
deaths (There were a total of FIVE murders last year in a city of over half
a million). Less than a hundred yards from the El Paso city limits is the
city of Ciduad Juarez, Mexico. Guns are absolutely prohibited in Juarez.
None. Nope. Not yours. Nada. Juarez had (at least) 3075 murders in 2010.