Re: turn in your knives!

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

Like I said, its not exact...few things are.

On 5/30/06, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 May 2006 16:46:39 EDT, Blanchard_Michael () emc com said:
> >  ahhh, in the range of 2-4 million lives saved due to firearms.
>
> Assuming, of course, that lives were *saved* in the incidents in question.
>
> If you get attacked by a mugger, and chase him off by brandishing a gun,
> does it count as a "life saved"?  Probably not, as not all muggers kill
> all their victims.
>
> I'll buy that 2M to 4M people have been in situations where having a gun
> helped their bargaining position. But that's different than "lives saved",
> just as I've been in car crashes where wearing a seat belt *helped* - but
> it didn't save my life - just a broken nose or knocked out teeth from
> not hitting the dashboard with my face....
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