Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: AMuzi Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Ove Interest? Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 11:41:00 -0600 Organization: Yellow Jersey, Ltd. Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <3j3fsjl1o2ve00dbrbqbirg73nmvk5tna0@4ax.com> <0jkfsj9cn7dm5g6s90l1o01p8k3bem8qt9@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:41:00 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="36df27ef03e25434cacd00eb1fbb66e0"; logging-data="3181105"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18xUI4XY2FvV61gnvlSKbKR" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:QBRhrtbhPILvOtGCBZVo8HJqGXo= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2225 On 3/6/2025 11:12 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote: > On 3/6/2025 9:37 AM, AMuzi wrote: >> >> We can agree that the subject, as with anything covering >> large numbers of humans who have random behavior, is complex. >> >> But overall, negligent/malicious domestic firearm >> incidents combined* is two magnitudes smaller than >> successful home defense by firearm (209 vs a quarter >> million or more per year) > Of course, the "quarter million or more per year" is very > highly suspect, as we've noted many times here. > It's a middling number inside the ranges reported. -- Andrew Muzi am@yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971