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   On Mar 1, 2026 at 4:58:05 PM PST, "Lawrence DяOliveiro"    
   wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Firearm deaths among minors break down as roughly 60–65% homicides, of which   
   the vast majority is gang violence, a problem that has far deeper roots than   
   the fact Americans can own guns.   
      
   Detroit's gun homicide rate is far, far higher than the homicide rate in rural   
   Michigan despite the same gun laws applying to both places.   
      
   It's not the guns that are the problem.   
      
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