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When do statistics count?
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RE: When do statistics count?
(April 23, 2022 at 5:27 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(April 23, 2022 at 5:02 am)Jehanne Wrote: Cops deal with dangerous criminals on a regular, if not daily basis, and so, there is a selection effect going on here.  Imagine buying a pair of handcuffs.  You as a private citizen could carry them around with you all day; you'll never use them as part of some (legal) citizen's arrest.

Cops deal with dangerous suspects on a sporadic basis (while you didn't explicitly say it, I just want to note that I'm fed up with the notion that copping is a dangerous profession).

But I'm not sure the reasons for shooting people is germane to the OP's point, which seems to be that you're less likely to be shot by a cop than by a civilian, full stop. That's simply not true.

Boru


You do have a flair for twisting the numbers.


The numbers speak for themselves.



In the USA, the odds of you being shot by a civilian are over 20 times higher than being shot by a cop.

Period.
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Messages In This Thread
When do statistics count? - by onlinebiker - April 22, 2022 at 10:26 pm
RE: When do statistics count? - by Fireball - April 22, 2022 at 10:44 pm
RE: When do statistics count? - by The Architect Of Fate - April 23, 2022 at 12:22 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by Paraselene - April 23, 2022 at 12:55 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by Ranjr - April 23, 2022 at 1:00 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by Duty - April 23, 2022 at 1:28 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by The Architect Of Fate - April 23, 2022 at 2:41 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 23, 2022 at 4:02 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by The Architect Of Fate - April 23, 2022 at 4:28 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 23, 2022 at 4:42 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by Jehanne - April 23, 2022 at 5:02 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 23, 2022 at 5:27 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by The Architect Of Fate - April 23, 2022 at 6:02 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by onlinebiker - April 23, 2022 at 6:05 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 23, 2022 at 6:15 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by onlinebiker - April 23, 2022 at 6:28 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 23, 2022 at 6:34 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by onlinebiker - April 23, 2022 at 6:38 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 23, 2022 at 7:04 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by onlinebiker - April 23, 2022 at 7:37 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 23, 2022 at 4:30 pm
RE: When do statistics count? - by The Architect Of Fate - April 23, 2022 at 4:59 pm
RE: When do statistics count? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 23, 2022 at 5:27 pm
RE: When do statistics count? - by The Architect Of Fate - April 23, 2022 at 5:48 pm
RE: When do statistics count? - by Jehanne - April 23, 2022 at 4:24 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by awty - April 23, 2022 at 6:40 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by onlinebiker - April 23, 2022 at 6:51 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by The Grand Nudger - April 23, 2022 at 7:09 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by vulcanlogician - April 23, 2022 at 7:22 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by Jehanne - April 23, 2022 at 10:06 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by onlinebiker - April 23, 2022 at 11:18 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by The Grand Nudger - April 23, 2022 at 8:45 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by Irreligious Atheist - April 23, 2022 at 11:02 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by Jehanne - April 23, 2022 at 11:10 am
RE: When do statistics count? - by Duty - April 23, 2022 at 1:29 pm
RE: When do statistics count? - by John 6IX Breezy - April 23, 2022 at 2:06 pm
RE: When do statistics count? - by The Architect Of Fate - April 23, 2022 at 2:53 pm
RE: When do statistics count? - by The Grand Nudger - April 24, 2022 at 3:31 pm



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