On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Doug Kanter wrote:

>
> "Lena B Katz" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Doug Kanter wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "aem" > wrote in message
>>> ups.com...
>>>>
>>>> Doug Kanter wrote:
>>>> [snip]
>>>>> Think about it: Using my city (Rochester NY)
>>>>> as an example, it's estimated that 1/3 of homes have a properly
>>>> working gun
>>>>> of some kind. In NY, it's ***LEGAL*** (as in NOT ILLEGAL, for the
>>>> benefit
>>>>> of slow learners) to shoot an intruder, no questions asked, as long
>>>> as they
>>>>> are IN YOUR DWELLING. Not your garage, not your yard, not your car,
>>>> but
>>>>> actually in the house.
>>>>>
>>>>> Translation: A burglar has a 1 in 3 chance of being shot dead. I
>>>> don't know
>>>>> about you, but I think anyone who accepts such lousy odds in return
>>>> for a
>>>>> VCR and some jewelry is (as psychiatrists say) "out of their friggin'
>>>>
>>>>> minds", and is asking to be shot. [snip]
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm writing this after having only one cup of coffee, so my logic
>>>> might be
>>>>> slightly rusty, but even so....it's pretty good logic. :-)
>>>>
>>>> It's your assumptions, not your logic, that are more than rusty. For
>>>> your "1 in 3 chance of being shot dead" to be right, you have to assume
>>>> that 100% of all intrusions into houses with guns result in a fatal
>>>> shooting. No cases of the gun owner not getting the gun, or not
>>>> choosing to fire it, or not hitting the target fatally or, etc., etc.
>>>
>>> I know, but since it's impossible to make any accurate assumption, I
>>> chose
>>> the best possible outcome.
>>
>> Thus making yourself sound like an idiot. Talk to your sheriff about the
>> number of robberies and attempted robberies... then estimate the
>> likelihood of a gun being present in each one.
>>
>> Lena
>
> Hang on a second! You believe buildings in DC are being hit by mortar fire,
> and you're calling ME an idiot???

Read what I wrote _again_, as your feeble brain apparently missed a few
words. "making yourself SOUND LIKE an idiot" Does that help?
I don't insult people for no reason.

Lena