On 28 Dec 2012 13:00:55 GMT, Han wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote in
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That's one of the reasons I want to see the gang killing stats
separated from the rest. It's the larger majority of homicides. Once
we can see those clearly, maybe you anti-gun folks will go after the
idiots in gangs instead of us non criminal gun owners who don't commit
crimes. Cops and DAs won't like that, though. We're much easier to
catch and try than the real criminals because we've done nothing
wrong. That won't always be the case, though. If the gun banners
come for all our weapons, don't be surprised if the majority of gun
owning Americans flatly refuse to give them up.

Gang killings very often involve innocent bystanders. These aren't sniper-
like, but wild shooyouts from passing cars, rooftops, or just plain on
crowded streets.

Change "very often" to "sometimes" and I'm with you. I believe most
gang members are a waste of oxygen and would deal with them severely.
And, like I said, once we separate the real shootings from the gang
shootings in the statistics, you'd see my point a lot more easily.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...87Q04X20120827
ALL bystanders wounded by police. HERE I can see the need for
liability insurance, to cover the misses. Then again, civilian
samaritans much less often miss their targets. If I were Bloomberg,
or most any city mayor/police chief, I'd have every cop with a gun in
triple training sessions for the next year, at least.

--
You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others,
or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are.
-- Jeph Jacques