Off-Topic: You need to think this through
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MartiniMan
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You need to think this through
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1/20/2013 9:23:43 AM
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The issue here is one of probability and magnitude. Where I live the probability of being a victim of a break in is very low but of course the magnitude of harm could be very high. I assume you have smoke detectors in your home, right? Do you realize that the probability of a home fire is much lower than the probability of being a victim of a violent crime? And yet I assume you protect yourself from that very low probability event, right? That is of course a very rational thing to do. In fact, I have fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, CO2 detectors and our family has an evacuation plan in case of fire. All for a possible event with an incredibly low probability of happening. Does that make me or you a nut?
Of course not, and yet the left somehow has you convinced that we are paranoid nuts for wanting to own guns to protect ourselves and wanting to have as much firepower as the criminals have. That to me is even more irrational than having fire protection and here's why. You might feel safe in your home but I assume you don't stay there 24/7/365, right? And I assume you probably go to areas that are much less safe than your home right? So your odds of being a victim of violent crime could rise dramatically just doing what ordinary people do every day. And yet you choose to do so without protecting yourself. As for me and many others, we choose to do the opposite. And it is much more rational than your decision to be unprotected.
But if you want to be consistent, you need to get rid of your fire detection gear in your home. I mean, what are the odds? Think about it.....and by the way, I am obviously being facetious and making a rhetorical point. But clearly it's no more irrational to own a gun for protection than having a smoke detector and in my opinion less so.
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