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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 2 Mar 2026 11:04:44 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-03-01 21:57:23 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:   
   >>   
   >> On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 19:52:36 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> ... I have a sister who is alive today because she defended herself   
   >>> with a gun when she was attacked. And that she didn't freeze in fear   
   >>> for even a moment.   
   >>   
   >> That kind of thing is very rarely successful. Outside of a war zone,   
   >> the vast majority of deployment of guns tend to end badly.   
   >>   
   >> In other words, for every one person like your sister, there are   
   >> something like 30 dead bodies of those for whom things didn’t turn out   
   >> quite so well ...   
   >   
   > And probably at least another 30 where someone was killed without   
   > being anywhere near such a situation where a gun could supposedly be   
   > needed (e.g. kids playing with a gun).   
      
   The number-one cause of death among children in the USA is now gunshot   
   wounds. Where is there a civilized country that can make that claim?   
      
   Remember the leader of that gang of pro-gun thugs who was jailed for   
   his part in the 6th Jan 2020 riots on Capitol Hill? The one with the   
   eye-patch, earned from shooting himself in the face while cleaning his   
   gun?   
      
   A living, breathing, walking testimony to the oxymoron that is “gun   
   safety”, if ever there was one ...   
      
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