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Re: Handgun Death Rate
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 18 Jul 2001 03:33:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
> > > Dave Schuler wrote:
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> > > > Why should a witness feel a need to stop a crime, thereby placing himself
> > > > in harms' way for a stranger?
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> > Because people are basically good, and want to help? That's why I would and
> > have in the past.
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> Not to lessen the significance of your prior actions, but for the context of
> this debate, were these life-or-death situations, on the street, in which you
> put yourself in harm's way for a stranger?
Admittedly, no. At least as far as I knew, they weren't. At some remove, I
can tell you I'd think I'd be less likely to intervene in a fist fight,
though, than in a situation where someone had a gun drawn, assuming I was
carrying. Fist fights are too dangerous. (I don't currently have a carry
permit in Michigan, although I did in Florida)
People deride the "wild west" but it's my opinion that people were more
likely to intervene and aid then than they are now.
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| (...) One should intervene if it is the right thing to do, irrespective of what the outcome may be(1). To say otherwise, suggests you would only use your gun to defend against "tyranny" if you thought you'd win. How weak is that? Scott A I shall (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) That's an interesting perspective. I've witnessed a number of fist fights, none of which ended in fatality (though in some cases hospitilization was necessary), but the likelihood of death seems greater when firearms are in use. Granted, a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I've certainly read a number of instances where this is true - but in Victorian times in England, people would tackle criminals, too, with neither side armed with guns. It may be more a function of the times. But then again, maybe it means the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Not to lessen the significance of your prior actions, but for the context of this debate, were these life-or-death situations, on the street, in which you put yourself in harm's way for a stranger? Even if it was breaking up a fist fight (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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