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   From: SaPeIsMa@gmail.com   
      
   "RD Sandman"  wrote in message   
   news:XnsA1CE7093BE1CBhopewell@216.196.121.131...   
   > keithr  wrote in news:b0jdaqFq2edU1   
   > @mid.individual.net:   
   >   
   >> On 26/05/2013 1:55 AM, Bert wrote:   
   >>> In news:b08t83FghsiU1@mid.individual.net keithr    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> The danger is overstated by most Americans, while in the States I was   
   >>>> warned several times that places the I was planning to go to were   
   >>>> dangerous, but in the event, the places proved to be perfectly safe.   
   >>>   
   >>> Can I take it that you don't wear a seat belt when driving and have no   
   >>> smoke detectors or fire extinguishers in your home?   
   >>>   
   >>> Since you haven't been killed in an car accident or house fire, these   
   >>> dangers are obviously overstated, and they're prefectly safe.   
   >>>   
   >> The chances of being hit by an incompetent driver or a frying pan   
   >> catching fire are much higher than being attacked. I have been involved   
   >> in accidents when some-one else screwed up, but so far, in a long life,   
   >> I have yet to be attacked or have the kitchen catch fire.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I carry a gun for one reason and one reason only.  If a situation arises   
   > (and I have been there, done that) I have at least one option you do not.   
   >   
      
   But he doesn't want you to have that option, because he's dumb enough to   
   imagine (with no supporting data) that you pose an equal risk as a criminal.   
      
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