[Vision2020] [more] Look See What Tri-State is Promoting . . .

[Joe Campbell]

Great post, Saundra!

I can't help but be reminded that, when I asked for examples of folks
who saved the day with their guns, almost all were cases of robbery.
The fact is that among violent crimes robbery is the big leader. But
the percentage of robberies in which the victim is murdered or even
shot is relatively low. Most robbers just want your money.

We focus on the mass spree killings: Columbine, Aurora, the Sikh
temple near Milwaukee, etc. But those events have an incredibly low
probability. You are MUCH more likely to die in a car accident than to
die in a mass spree killing. Better example: You are much more likely
to break a hip while taking a shower. Yet the response to the last
worry is not to rubberize your bathtub.

So what happens? We have people running around with handguns because
of irrational fears, shooting robbers who are unlikely to shoot them,
being regarded as heroes when in fact they are more than likely
overreacting and escalating an already violent situation.

I'm not getting a handgun anytime soon. And I'll sooner rubberize my
bathtub or stop driving once I become overly worried about my safety.

Joe

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Saundra Lund <v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm> wrote:
> That might not be complete nonsense if those who’d rather be “judged by 12
> than carried by 6” didn’t turn into sniveling weanies when they are judged
> by 12.
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> Given that, what it really  means is, “I’ve got a gun, and even though those
> who know me know I don’t have good judgment, I’ve decided I’m going to be
> judge, jury, and executioner all by myself and then hope I get away with it.
> And if I don’t, then I’m going to rant & rave how corrupt & unfair the
> justice system is, and I’m going to do everything in my power to not accept
> that judgment by 12.  And, I’m going to eat up taxpayer dollars by tying up
> the courts with my nonsense, and then I’m going to rant & rave even more
> about how inefficient & wasteful the justice system is because I don’t want
> to take my medicine for harming or killing another human being.  And, I’m
> going to play financial games so that hopefully I can get someone else to
> pay my legal expenses – there are plenty of sympathetic deep pockets who
> disrespect the judicial system as much as I do and love to waste taxpayer
> dollars for The Cause.”
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> Better to be judged by 12 than to be carried by 6.
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