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From: SaPeIsMa@gmail.com
"RD Sandman" wrote in message
news:XnsA1CF72688BA3Fhopewell@216.196.121.131...
> "SaPeIsMa" wrote in
> news:ko3okk$hu6$3@dont-email.me:
>
>> "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.
>
> Hmmmm, I am much better trained than most of them.
>
Yeah.
I've been training on and off, for over 55 years, when I first started
shooting a .22 with my grandfather.
I started shooting an Enfield in .22 and .303 at 12 when I joined the
Cadets.
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