(April 26, 2014 at 12:56 am)Zen Badger Wrote:(April 25, 2014 at 10:06 pm)KUSA Wrote: but until the world is safe I'm gonna keep packing heat.
Gee, I'm glad I live in a country where that sort of attitude is considered quaint and archaic.
(April 26, 2014 at 12:28 am)Heywood Wrote: If all the guns magically disappeared, homicides would still occur. I would imagine that 73% to 79% of all homicide offenders would still have been known by their victims.
This isn't a compelling statistic.
That wasn't Mins point. He was refuting the claim that the greatest danger is from criminals.
Except that he did a poor job at it. That you know the person isn't at all exclusive of them being a criminal. Most people who commit homicides have a prior criminal record regardless of if you know them. http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/mf.pdf Nor do I really see how this really invalidates anything. Do you not have a right to self defense because it's someone you know who is trying to kill you?