Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!news.mb-net.net!open-news-network.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John B. Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: tricyclist shot Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 09:03:22 +0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 04:03:26 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3fd1207b72c7326ed738b81ad602709e"; logging-data="2018500"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+KNTRWpcb8Ow4SLUVCXhWgxu++7N9vyvo=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/7.10.32.1212 Cancel-Lock: sha1:FmJBerzPQlUhkqHq2OTaNwXwqb8= Bytes: 2202 On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 18:30:16 -0300, Shadow wrote: >On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 16:50:38 -0400, Frank Krygowski > wrote: > >>On 9/14/2024 11:42 AM, AMuzi wrote: >>> https://nypost.com/2024/09/13/us-news/cyclist-75-stuck-in-face-by-stray- >>> bullet-on-nyc-street/ >>> >>> Fortunately NY laws kept the victim from returning fire, else it could >>> have been a tragedy for the hapless juveniles, damaged by society's >>> failures. >> >>This is what happens if you saturate society with guns. > > According to the article, all of the criminals were teens. >It's probably easier to buy a stolen gun that a bottle of beer. >> >>But gosh, no "good guy with a gun" was able to stop the shooting? How >>can that be? > > I'm glad the laws kept him from returning fire. Imagine a 75 >year old with blood clouding his eyesight emptying a 15 round magazine >into what he "thought" were the "bad guys". Well (:-) my grandfather well into his 70's, and maybe 80's, was still hunting and using 1 bullet for 1 deer. > As it turns out, no-one died and the criminals were caught. > []'s -- Cheers, John B.