(October 16, 2021 at 8:26 am)onlinebiker Wrote:(October 16, 2021 at 7:56 am)Jehanne Wrote: 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.Actually - he did have access to deadlier weapons.
You can in fact buy a couple of liters of petrol - and glass bottles in England - all without a background check!
Petrol is pricey and in short supply. Maybe the murderous fuckhead was strapped for cash.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson