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   From: SaPeIsMa@gmail.com   
      
   "keithr"  wrote in message   
   news:b0m5olFeckkU1@mid.individual.net...   
   > On 29/05/2013 4:03 AM, RD Sandman wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   > It is a situation that is highly unlikely to happen to me so I don't feel   
   > the need to protect myself against it by carrying a gun. You obviously   
   > live in a far more violent society than me.   
      
      
      
   Once again, you just to stupid conclusions   
       (You really can't help yourself, can you?)   
   My odds of being in a violent or dangerous situation are quite low as well.   
   But my attitude is that I have seen such situations arise, and I know people   
   who have had the unfortunate experience   
   For the small effort required to pack heat, the reduction of risk justifies   
   the effort.   
   You have every right not to make such an effort. Oh wait, you're in OZ, you   
   have no such right...   
   I have that right and that ability   
   And I CHOOSE to do so (something you can't even contemplate)   
   So until you actually have the ability to make such a choice, I would   
   suggest you stop pontificating of whether other should or should not make a   
   choice YOU DO NOT HAVE !   
      
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