"Pete C." > wrote in message
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>
> graham wrote:
>>
>> "Andy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > OT: Craziness in NYC!!!
>> >
>> > Noon TV news reported earlier this morning, a crazed gunman at the
>> > Empire
>> > State building in midtown Manhattan at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue
>> > shot
>> > randomly at passers by. Two dead, nine injured.
>> >
>> > The mayor reported some injured were, in the confusion, were shot by
>> > police.
>> >
>> > Crazy nuts to my left <---> crazy nuts to my right!!!
>> >
>> > Crazy!
>> >
>> > Andy
>> >
>>
>> Guns don't kill people!
>>
>> But people with guns sure as hell do!
>
> Police with guns sure do. As a non-criminal civilian your odds are much
> higher for being shot by careless police than by a civilian.

You could make the same argument with car chases. But if no one enforces the
law there's chaos. The thin blue line must be preserved.


W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)