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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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On Sun, 7 Jul 2024 20:24:03 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>On 7/7/2024 3:52 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>> On 7/7/2024 1:53 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>> On 7/7/2024 11:36 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
>>>> As reported earlier this week, some dirtbag who got pulled over in a
>>>> routine traffic stop in Florida ended up "executing" the deputy who
>>>> stopped him.
>>>>
>>>> The deputy was shot eight times, including once behind his right ear
>>>> at close range.
>>>>
>>>> Another deputy was wounded and a police dog killed.
>>>
>>> That's what you get when you allow every thug and whacko to own any 
>>> gun he wants.
>> 
>> There are more firearms than citizens here. Hell there are even more 
>> firearms than humans in USA altogether!
>> 
>> And today, once again, some 400 million of them passed another day 
>> clean, oiled and cased. Not one spontaneously jumped up and harmed a 
>> human on its own.
>
>But if a thug does want to harm a human, guns are readily at hand. 
>("More firearms than humans.") And the thug intent on carnage grabs one, 
>because they are the tool of choice for seriously harming other humans. 
>That's their design intent.


If a thug wants to harm a human and can't find a gun, he can use
knives, poisons, explosives, and many other tools and/or devices. Most
of those tools and devices have little or no value for defensive
purposes.