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On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 18:27:46 -0700, John Larkin
<jjSNIPlarkin@highNONOlandtechnology.com> wrote:

>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. 

Guns don't kill people. People kill people.