in reply to Principle of Inclusion
Actually . . . there's statistical evidence to suggest that more lax firearms laws lead to reduced violent crime rates
In 2001, the USA suffered 29,573 deaths by gunshot from a total population of 285,317,572.
In 2001, the UK suffered 167 deaths by gunshot from a total population of 58,789,194.
In 2000, 75,685 people were treated for non-fatal gunshot injuries in the USA.
In 2000, 102 people were treated for non-fatal gonshot injuries in the UK (England and Wales).
You might *feel* you are safer due to your right to bear arms, but you aren't.
And your feeling about OSs is equally coloured by what you want to believe, rather than reality.
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal?
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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