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From: John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: bike path news
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:34:56 +0700
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On 11 Mar 2025 10:58:45 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:

>John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 11 Mar 2025 10:23:20 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>>>> On 3/10/2025 6:21 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>>>> On 3/10/2025 2:38 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> People form their own opinions and arrange their own 
>>>>>> behavior based on their own situation.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes - or based on their own phobias. I know people who are 
>>>>> horribly afraid of spiders, garter snakes, honeybees, 
>>>>> graveyards and more.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Smart? No. Logical? No. But at least they're not carrying 
>>>>> lethal weaponry.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> My daughter for example used to take the train to work in 
>>>>>> inclement or bitter cold Chicago winters.
>>>>>> No longer. ...
>>>>> 
>>>>> You're the anecdote master, Andrew. But IIRC you've not yet 
>>>>> found a horrifying anecdote about quiet bike paths in 
>>>>> suburban Florida, near our timid tricycle rider.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The murder of this thread was of an unarmed man on a bike path.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Just because it can happen doesn?t mean it will happen, going out on limb
>>> but I suspect that CatTrike Ryder will be perfectly safe with or without
>>> carrying any guns on his rides.
>>> 
>>> I suspect he knows this as well, but simply likes having the gun on him?
>>> 
>>> Roger Merriman
>> 
>> I spent more then a year in Vietnam where people did, on occasion,
>> shoot at you and I can assure you that a firearm did give you a
>> certain sense of security :-)
>> 
>> Even when they weren't shooting :-)
>
>I’m assuming this was the Vietnam war or similar which is a kinda difficult risk case to put it mildly!


How so? You are on an Air Base and nobody is shooting at you?
>
>And yes there are places where having a gun on you seems a wise decision,
>riding your bike even in America doesn’t seems likely hence the absence of
>bike specific kit to do so.
>
>Roger Merriman

But (:-) In many states it is perfectly legal to carry a gun and if
one wants to do so why should he be admonished for doing so?

-- 
Cheers,

John B.