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Subject: Re: Some bicycle paths...
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 08:45:34 -0500
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On 7/25/2024 8:11 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 19:35:15 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 07:17:08 -0400, Catrike Ryder
>> <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:59:58 -0400, Frank Krygowski
>>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The guns I argue against are absolutely designed to kill people.
>>>
>>> No more than any other gun, and handguns kill far more people than the
>>> guns you argue against.
>>>
>>>> I'm
>>>> saying their detriments to society greatly outweigh their non-existent
>>>> practical benefits.
>>>
>>> Apparently, nobody cares what you're saying.
>>>
>>>> I note that nobody here has yet posted a practical
>>>> benefit for such guns in civilian hands. And I note that you, John,
>>>> apparently do not own an AR-style rifle. That means you judge the
>>>> detriments of owning an AR-style rifle outweigh any practical benefits.
>>>
>> Well, I don't own any guns at the moment but when  I was shooting I
>> owned a considerable number over the years. I've, for example, owned,
>> and shot, a number of muzzle loading rifles, I've owned pistols
>> ranging from .22 to ,45 Colt Auto, Rifles in many sizes and I even
>> built custom varmint rifles and a few custom deer rifles.
>> But, no, I've never owned an AR type as I don't have any use for one
>> but if I was still shooting in rifle matches I would certainly have
>> several.
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_power_rifle
>> But I suppose he has to make up some sort of story to appear to have
>> at least a small knowledge about guns, but his ignorance is such that
>> his arguments prove, over and over again how little knowledge he
>> really has.
> 
> 
> Krygowski fallaciously suggests that it's wrong to argue in favor of
> anything you don't own.  One of the detriments of buying a good AR15
> is the price. However, if they only cost a couple hundred bucks, I'd
> probably buy one, if for no other reason, just to thumb my nose at the
> anti-AR15 loons.

That was indeed a factor in my purchase 15 years ago. Did I 
absolutely need a rifle? No. But the price was right and the 
'drives some jerks to distraction' factor was part of it.
-- 
Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971