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On 9/7/2024 10:04 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
> On 9/7/2024 12:26 AM, John B. wrote:
>> On Fri, 6 Sep 2024 21:25:13 -0400, Frank Krygowski
>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/6/2024 8:08 PM, John B. wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 6 Sep 2024 08:53:06 -0500, AMuzi 
>>>> <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/park-ridge- 
>>>>> police-seek-suspect-accused-of-grabbing-2-girls/3541072/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On the same page as the above: 11-year-old boy in 
>>>> custody accused of
>>>> killing former Louisiana mayor and his daughter
>>>>
>>>> But thankfully not the deadly AR. " two handguns were 
>>>> used and that
>>>> their magazines were emptied".
>>>
>>> The recent Georgia school mass murder was with an AR. As 
>>> usual.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
>> List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_(2000%E2%80%93present)
>> shows 40 killed in school shootings in 2022
>> Care to offer the number of kids killed in auto  crashes?
> Auto crash fatalities are a regrettable side effect of the 
> use of cars for transportation. And cars are so beneficial 
> for transportation that American society would cease to 
> function if cars could not be used.
> 
> Mass murders in schools are a regrettable side effect of the 
> worship of guns, especially AR-style rifles, the weapon of 
> choice for such murders. And I'll note that you have _still_ 
> never managed to state a practical societal benefit of ARs 
> in public possession.
> 
> Unlike cars, if ARs could not be used, America would be 
> better off by far. Just the tax savings from not having to 
> "harden" public schools would be worth the change.
> 
> Or to summarize yet again: Benefits vs. detriments, John! A 
> concept that absolutely baffles you!
> 

By that logic, are fatal car crashes by Ford Fiesta or Prius 
drivers less tragic than those by scary black pickups?

-- 
Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
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