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Re:70% of San Francisco residents say quality of life has de... by kQq9oHeAz6wLLS on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @11:54AM (#27750190)
This will be unpopular, but have you ever heard the phrase "an armed society is a polite society"? Just as you're afraid to stop someone committing a crime because they might be armed (wait, I thought there were strict gun control laws, how can they be armed?! You mean criminals don't obey laws?! /s), an attacker will be hesitant to assault you if they think you are armed.
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Re:70% of San Francisco residents say quality of life has de... by adrianN on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @12:36AM (#27757417)
The statistics about death-by-gun for the US that I've heard seem to indicate that this theory doesn't translate very well to practice.
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Re:70% of San Francisco residents say quality of life has de... by kQq9oHeAz6wLLS on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @05:13PM (#27765792)
Oh, I dunno. 330+ million people, over that many guns in the US, and what percentage are gun deaths?
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