01-20-2018, 10:26 AM
(01-19-2018, 12:19 PM)nebraska Wrote: The police can't stop an intruder, mugger, or stalker from hurting you. They can pursue him only after he has hurt or killed you. Protecting yourself from harm is your responsibility, and you are far less likely to be hurt in a neighborhood of gun-owners than in one of disarmed citizens - even if you don't own a gun yourself.
Yeah, sure ... except for the record of declining crime in major cities with few guns, like NYC. As a control, consider highly armed Chicago, and its high and rising crime rate.
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