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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:06:08 -0400
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On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:34:01 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>On 7/26/2024 9:50 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
>> 
>> I believe that modern small firearms have made the USA a safer place
>> to live. What other way does a 80 year old woman who lives alone to
>> protect herself. Before small firearms, anyone who was unable to swing
>> a sword, a lance, or a fist was vulnerable.
>
>IIRC, comparative data shows citizens in Canada, Britain, France, 
>Germany, etc. etc. etc. are far safer in their homes.

If that's true, and I'm not convinced that it is, it's most likely
because the USA has more criminals, as verified by the number of
prisons in the USA. Therefore, guns provide protection from them.

The reasons we have more criminals is another argument I won't get in
to right now.