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   "RD Sandman"  wrote in message   
   news:XnsA1CF72F6D440Dhopewell@216.196.121.131...   
      
   "GaryWillis"  wrote in   
   news:51a5e74a$0$19527$607ed4bc@cv.net:   
      
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   > "keithr"  wrote in message news:b0m5olFeckkU1@mid.individual.net...   
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   > 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.   
   >   
   > ######   
   > Yeah, RD. There's absolutely no crime where he lives.   
   >   
      
   There may not be but I assume it is not much or rarely is it of a violent   
   nature.   
      
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     Hmmm, if crimes are not violent there, then "no worries".   :)   
      
   So why does Keirthr want all the people unarmed?   
      
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