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From: The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: DOJ is correct that Apple iPhone is far less secure than Android
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Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:02:37 -0700
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On 4/14/24 11:13 AM, Alan wrote:
> On 2024-04-14 11:07, The Real Bev wrote:
>> On 4/14/24 10:43 AM, Alan wrote:
>>> On 2024-04-14 10:38, The Real Bev wrote:
>>>> On 4/14/24 2:34 AM, Chris wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Why do "peaceable men" need to have a gun? In modern society there'=
s no
>>>>> need for anyone to be carrying guns. It's just boys pretending to b=
e=20
>>>>> men.
>>>>>
>>>>> When everyone is carrying a gun you can't differentiate between the=
=20
>>>>> good
>>>>> and bad guys. When you ban guns the bad guys are easy to spot.
>>>>
>>>> Then what?=C2=A0 Call a cop and maybe one will show up in half an ho=
ur?
>>>>
>>>>> But "muh freedom" is more important. Idiots the lot of them.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You know, Canada is pretty much identical to the US from a
>>> cultural/socio-economic standpoint and yet there is this one weird th=
ing:
>>>
>>> We have far FAR fewer people getting killed by firearms; more then 5
>>> times fewer.
>>=20
>> Canadians are just nicer than USians.=C2=A0 OTOH, "they're not even a =
real=20
>> country anyway!"
>=20
> That's your best is it?

Not worth the full effort.

We have lots of guns and lots of criminals.  More than we have cops.=20
Aside from wishing, and in the full knowledge that this situation will=20
continue for the indefinite future, what do you think the average=20
law-abiding citizen should do in case of attack by a criminal?

Yeah, most people don't carry.  Would there be more or less crime if=20
armed criminals KNEW that their intended victims were NOT carrying?

That's all the effort I'm going to put into an argument that's gone on=20
for decades.

> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_dea=
th_rate#/media/File:2019_Gun_ownership_rates_and_gun_homicide_rates_-_dev=
eloped_world_-_scatter_plot.svg>
>=20
> Do you notice anything about that chart?

So what?



--=20
Cheers, Bev
    "If you watch TV news, you know less about the world than
     if you just drank gin straight from the bottle."
                                        - Garrison Keillor