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From: John Larkin <jjSNIPlarkin@highNONOlandtechnology.com>
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Subject: Re: lithium explosion
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 18:27:46 -0700
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On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:07:59 -0700, John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com>
wrote:

>On 2024/04/12 9:52 a.m., john larkin wrote:
>> On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:22:00 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 4/12/2024 10:04 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:
>>>> On 12/04/2024 9:16 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-04-12 07:19, Bill Sloman wrote:
>>>>>> On 9/04/2024 3:03 am, Jeroen Belleman wrote:
>>>>>>> On 4/8/24 18:35, John Larkin wrote:
>>>>>>>> https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68744317
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It doesn't look like that one was charging.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Lithium battery fires are a big deal in New York too.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> San Fancisco is swarming with illegal, unlicensed electric scooters,
>>>>>>>> surfboards, wheelie things, bikes, and motorcycles.
>
>As are most cities with access to Amazon/eBay...(no regulations on what 
>people can sell on these platforms)
>
>...
>>> And fretting about the hazards of exploding batteries with 300 million
>>> guns floating around is pretty schizophrenic. Compared to being injured
>>> by an exploding bike (or shot by a stranger for that matter) your
>>> chances of being shot by a police officer are at least the same, or higher.
>> 
>> About 1300 people were killed by police in the US last year, out of a
>> population of 333 million, about 4 PPM. Cops rarely shoot polite
>> law-abiding citizens; don't threaten people, especially cops, with
>> guns or knives.
>
>Here in Canada the average number of people killed by police annually is 
>just under 40 per year since 2011. Out of a population of roughly 
>40,000,000 or 1 PPM in other words.
>
>Perhaps our gun laws do make a difference.
>
>John :-#)#

The population mix makes a bigger difference. Bad guys will always
find guns.