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Re: Violence created by presence of guns? (was: Gotta love Oracle...)
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Date: 
Mon, 8 Oct 2001 22:37:52 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:

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Most criminals aren't stupid.  Given a choice against going up against an armed
or unarmed victim, most will logically choose the unarmed victim.

Most criminals aren't psychic, either. So how can they tell if someone is
armed or not?
They just try their luck. If the victim is not armed, fine; if it is, too
bad, one person will probably get hurt.

I sure would if I were a criminal!

And what about you, how would you tell the difference if you were a criminal?

Pedro



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Violence created by presence of guns? (was: Gotta love Oracle...)
 
(...) Simple - they go to areas where weapons are hard to *lawfully* get. Statistics prove this out - the easier it is to *lawfully* get a gun, hence the more *lawful* citizens have them, the lower the "bad" crimes in the area. (...) No, they often (...) (23 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Violence created by presence of guns? (was: Gotta love Oracle...)
 
(...) This is news to me. So why are criminals criminals? (...) lol Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Violence created by presence of guns? (was: Gotta love Oracle...)
 
(...) Most criminals aren't stupid. Given a choice against going up against an armed or unarmed victim, most will logically choose the unarmed victim. I sure would if I were a criminal! -- | Tom Stangl, iPlanet Web Server Technical Support | Sun (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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