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On 7/5/2024 7:26 PM, John B. wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Jul 2024 09:16:33 -0400, Catrike Ryder
> <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 05 Jul 2024 12:39:15 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 05 Jul 2024 13:44:07 +0200, Wolfgang Strobl
>>>> <news5@mystrobl.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Am Fri, 05 Jul 2024 15:08:07 +0700 schrieb John B.
>>>>> <slocombjb@gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 05 Jul 2024 08:05:06 +0200, Wolfgang Strobl
>>>>>> <news5@mystrobl.de> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am Thu, 04 Jul 2024 05:41:31 -0400 schrieb Catrike Ryder
>>>>>>> <Soloman@old.bikers.org>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Krygowski is fear mongering, now. <LOL>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Perhaps, but most probably not. But as least he isn't stupid and
>>>>>>> impertinent.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Don't be afraid, little man.
>>>>>>>> People have been carrying guns ever since they were invented. Before
>>>>>>>> that, they carried other items that were capable of severely harming
>>>>>>>> or killing another human being.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh really?  So tell me, what is the use of owning an expensive gun, when
>>>>>>> a cheap screwdriver would do?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well :-) With a screw driver you have to get REAL close to do any
>>>>>> damage but with a pistol you can stand off and do even more damage -
>>>>>> Standard U.S. pistol target shooting matches are fired at 50 and 25
>>>>>> Yards.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for anticipating my point. Guns in private hands makes killing
>>>>> other people from a distance, just out of paranoia, far to easy.
> 
> 
> Unfortunately (for your thesis)  I can find no data, regarding
> homicides committed at a distance, Please post your reference for your
> statement ("Frankie's imagination" is not a valid reference)
> 

Snipers are a real thing but so rare as to be anomalous.
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Andrew Muzi
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