(October 16, 2021 at 7:48 am)onlinebiker Wrote:(October 16, 2021 at 7:45 am)Jehanne Wrote: Fact is, though, the murder rate in Britain is lower than it is in the United States. Also, the odds of surviving a knife attack are greater than that of a gun, which does far more damage to a person's body.
True.
But Mr Amess is dead.
Shooting him again won' t make him any deader.
The whole " good thing it wasn' t a gun" is a red herring.
Life choices and/or public policy decisions is choosing one probability distribution over another. You can own an unsecured handgun in your home: 1) You may kill a hostile intruder who wants to kill you, 2) You may kill a non-hostile thief who simply wishes to steal from you, 3) You may accidentally kill a family member in #1 or #2, 4) A family member may accidentally kill you, 5) A family member, perhaps a child, may kill themselves, etc.