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Re:Covid-19, Civil Unrest Could Trigger Mass Migration in Po... by biolurker1 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @08:06AM (#23517079)
What I meant to say is that in Europe most Asia etc you don't need a gun. Example II happens, shitty life. No reason to own a gun. Statistically for the society it's not relevant. Example III also doesn't usually happen in Europe too and the same concept above applies. In the rare cases you need to protect yourself it sucks but it's so infrequently that it doesn't matter.

USA is a very different game and that is my point.

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Re:Covid-19, Civil Unrest Could Trigger Mass Migration in Po... by ta17711771 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @11:30AM (#23518390)
Statistics are GREAT until you win the "I'm being fucking attacked" lottery.......

See someone else's comment above about privilege and naïveté.

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Re:Covid-19, Civil Unrest Could Trigger Mass Migration in Po... by biolurker1 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @01:28PM (#23519512)
With the same thinking you should walk with a head shield because I heard people getting comets on their heads. It's great until you are in the comet lottery.
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Re:Covid-19, Civil Unrest Could Trigger Mass Migration in Po... by ta17711771 on Monday June 15, 2020 @01:05PM (#23529782)
You clearly haven't reviewed (or perhaps understood) the wide difference in the statistics involved with both.
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Re:Covid-19, Civil Unrest Could Trigger Mass Migration in Po... by donw on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @01:21AM (#23536158)
If there was an 0.4% chance of me being killed by being hit in the head by a comet, and if wearing a bike helmet would give me a 75% chance of surviving, then yes, I would want the choice to walk around in my stupid bike helmet.

That's about the level of risk and investment we are talking about here.

[1] https://www.statista.com/topics/1750/violent-crime-in-the-us...

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Re:Covid-19, Civil Unrest Could Trigger Mass Migration in Po... by bigbugbag on Thursday June 18, 2020 @04:58AM (#23561187)
It seems you forgot the point that the probability of comet falling is increased by people wearing bike helmet.

You might want to listen the "science vs" episode dedicated to guns for some actual science behind it and the role of guns in violent crime: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs/z3hlvr

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Re:Covid-19, Civil Unrest Could Trigger Mass Migration in Po... by curation on Sunday June 14, 2020 @08:53AM (#23517318)
Guns are another way of racializing - if one takes the current definition of racism: Deciding what dies. Reading gun ownership as a relationship of power makes for more meaningful discussion.
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