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Subject:	Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:11:59 GMT
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> > Using the theroy (sp) that armed people prevent crimes, it would seem to be > > discredited rather quickly by looking at statistics. > > Thanks--that's exactly my point! OK, how about this; Almost all crimes that are prevented by armed people, rather than something else, are not police but rather armed citizens. Is that better? Seriously though we need to keep this whole "high crime rate in the US" thing is perspective. A person more likely to be killed in a car accident on their way to work then they are to be robbed by an armed criminal and live through it. (And armed robbery is far more frequent than actually being killed by a criminal.) -Mike Petrucelli

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		Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
(...) If you're being facetious, that's fine, but the issue is that you can't reasonably assume that X number of crimes are prevented by any particular factor, without additional evidence or criteria. (...) That may be so, but so what? The fact (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
(...) Thanks--that's exactly my point! Dave! (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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