Re: Not always joking, it seems

Jasper Janssen <jasper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:03:21 GMT, Gutless Umbrella Carrying
> Sissy <taustinca@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>>We have real life data on that, as well. Cops aren't very good 
>>shots. They're not trained to more than a minimal proficiency
>>with their firearms, since training time is very limited and
>>expensive, and it is preferred to train them to avoid the need
>>to shoot entirely. Ordinary people who legally carry, however,
>>seem to generally be much more proficient in the actual use of
>>their firearms - they're better shots - and seem to be very,
>>very cautious about actually using them - more so than cops, in
>>many places.
>>
>>In short, if you want to argue that allowing people to carry
>>guns if they wish, you have to argue with real world data -
>>Florida, Texas, Arizona, Vermont, and many other states - that
>>says you're full of ****. We know how it turns out, because _we
>>have done the experiment_.
> 
> Except that the scenario did not involve "you may carry a gun",
> the scenario involved a society where everyone *must*, or at
> least *did*, carry a gun.

As I have pointed out, that is a retarded scenario, since it will 
not, and cannot, ever happen in real life.

You will no argue with something else that no one has proposed.

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