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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 18:27:00 -0500
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On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:20:06 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>On 2/17/2025 11:43 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:
>>  
>> Opportunity is certainly seems to have a effect, on the whole places with
>> restrictions on weapons have less use of them, it’s certainly not a hard
>> concept to understand or equally can see it around the world.
>
>:-)  "Places with restrictions on weapons have less use of them" is 
>_very_ hard for some people to understand!
>
>> This said your neighbours to the North who seem to have very broadly
>> similar set in terms of general set up, seem to do much less killing of
>> each other so unlikely Frank I’m unconvinced it’s the whole thing, clearly
>> if one has less access but unless I’m mistaken the Canadian have guns maybe
>> not as many but guns are about but they don’t have the levels of gun
>> violence that the US does.
>
>Canadians average about 37 guns per 100 citizens. Americans average 
>about 120 guns per 100 citizens. 

nope...

>And Canada restricts gun types. 
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_Canada
>
>Yes, some people in both nations are hunters, farmers, etc. with 
>rational and practical reasons for owning guns. Some are target shooting 
>hobbyists. But the U.S. dominates in the number of people who are so 
>afraid that they feel they _must_ have a gun for "protection."
>
>Despite the paucity of guns intended for "protection," 

Many, many, perhaps most guns are guns intended for protection.

>Canadians don't 
>seem to suffer from hordes of bad guys beating down front doors of 
>homes. 

That's a strawman.... typical Krygowski argument

>And I've not read of Canadian bike path users suffering from 
>vicious attacks - although I suppose anything is possible!

It only takes one...

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/he-was-just-so-angry-female-victim-speaks-of-random-attack/ar-BB1pu99E

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C'est bon
Soloman