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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Disc brake maintenance tips
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 22:35:19 -0400
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On 7/9/2024 8:51 AM, AMuzi wrote:
> On 7/8/2024 8:38 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>> On 7/8/2024 5:52 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>... it's partially a business strategy to 
>> lobby for even looser gun laws, so even more guns will be sold. True 
>> or not, the number of guns in U.S. circulation is insane and rising. 
>> See the top graph at 
>> https://www.thetrace.org/2023/03/guns-america-data-atf-total/
>>
> 
> meh.
> If bicycles had a similarly long useful life, the curve would be the same.

Nope. If it were simply long service life, the number of guns in 
circulation would rise roughly as the population rose; or in other 
words, the number of guns per capita would remain roughly constant.

As it is, between 1950 and 2024, U.S. population slightly more than 
doubled. Number of guns increased by a factor of ten.

"The world is SO dangerous! You GOTTA have a gun for self defense! And 
ARs are so macho!" have all worked great for the gun industry and the 
street punk industry.

-- 
- Frank Krygowski