Young Curmudgeon Wrote:
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> Why? Wrote:
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> > Young Curmudgeon Wrote:
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> > > The purpose is twofold. 1. Stop the price
> > > inflation and stockpiling of ammunition. It's
> a
> > > price control measure. 2. Stop people from
> > having
> > > more firepower than cops do.
> >
> >
> > WTF does price inflation and stockpiling have
> to
> > do with gun control or public safety?
> >
> > Or maybe I just misunderstood what you were
> > suggesting but then you go on to talk about
> more
> > firepower than cops. Which also is kind of
> > silly.
> >
> > And you again provided no substantiation for
> your
> > claim re self-defense uses.
> >
> > You're sounding more and more like you're just
> in
> > favor of controls for the sake of control.
>
> "On both surveys combined, 2.9% of gun owners,
> 0.3% of those living in the home with someone who
> owns a gun, and 0.4% of non-gun owners reported a
> self defense gun use."
>
>
http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/6/4/263.fu
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> It's like oil; most of the price (recently) has
> been speculation.
Sorry, pulling some random stat that mentions the term "self-defense" uses in no way supports your claim which was:
"Most self-defense cases are not legitimate. I respect the use of guns for self-defense. The fact is that the majority of the cases reported as "self-defense" are not."
And whether it's speculation or not isn't really any justification for establishing some arbitrary limit.