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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: Cycling in Poland
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:43:35 -0400
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On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 14:17:50 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

>On 7/4/2024 2:07 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
>> On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 12:33:04 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 7/4/2024 11:23 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 11:02:24 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> https://nypost.com/2024/07/04/opinion/on-bike-ride-from-auschwitz-polands-warm-welcome-for-jews/
>>>>
>>>>   From that cite:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Poland today is “the safest place for Jews in Europe,” as Queens-born
>>>> Jonathan Ornstein, the powerful speaker who built and leads the JCC
>>>> Krakow, put it.
>>>>
>>>> The contrast with the New York I’d left behind was unavoidable.
>>>>
>>>> The same evening we gathered for dinner, anti-Israel protesters
>>>> stormed a Democratic Party fundraiser near Madison Square Garden —
>>>> just another assault in the ongoing series of such actions in a city
>>>> where antisemitism has become all too apparent.
>>>>
>>>> *******************
>>>>
>>>> Jewish people should carry guns in some places.
>>>
>>> Absolutely.
>>>
>>> I was a big fan of Meir Kahane ('Never Again', 'Every Jew a
>>> .22') over 50 years ago. He was ahead of his time and much
>>> missed.
>>>
>>> https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/16/us/adl-antisemtism-2023-audit-reaj/index.html
>> 
>> I know..  I wouldn't go for a 3 AM walk in most parts of Chicago, even
>> with a gun. I think I feel that way about most, maybe all big cities.
>> Tampa, Orlando and Miami included, St Pete, most definately included.
>> That's not to say the suburbs are safe.  I lived for a while on my
>> boat in Bradenton. I had my car broken into there. I chased an
>> intruder off my boat in St. Pete Beach. I had better luck in a marina
>> in Ruskin, but the boat in the slip next to me in Tarpon Springs got
>> broken into.
>
>At one time I was in North Lawndale Chicago from time to 
>time. Wouldn't think of going there unarmed, then or now. 
>Fortunately I no longer have any reason to be there.
>
>In my daughter's neighborhood, Rogers Park, there are 
>drive-bys now and a spate of recent murders at her nearby 
>subway station
>
>https://cwbchicago.com/2024/06/another-man-murdered-near-howard-cta-station-2nd-in-8-days.html
>
>but in risk assessment that risk is lower than a vengeful 
>prosecution for carrying w/o IL permit.
>
>Incarceration for violent criminals has become politically 
>undesirable among The Powers That Be:
>
>https://cwbchicago.com/2024/07/uptown-man-opened-fire-on-a-busy-street-corner-while-on-an-ankle-monitor-for-another-gun-case-prosecutors-say.html
>
>https://cwbchicago.com/2024/07/migrant-bit-chicago-cop-twice-during-arrest-while-on-pretrial-release-for-biting-another-cop-prosecutors.html
>
>or the same in any metro area overnight news.

There's been several comments on RBT about considering benefits vs
detriments. 

I understand that the chances of me actually needing a gun on my walks
or on my rides are very small, so the benefits of me carrying a gun
are also very small, but on the other hand, there are no detriments...
none at all.