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Subject: Re: Another article on guns - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 20-Nov-83 22:54:49 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 20 22:54:49 1983
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smu!leff    Nov 20 14:24:00 1983

Logically, one should not have a handgun in a house as more people
are killed by handguns in the house and even mistakenly as burglars
than are killed by burglars.

However, people's attitudes towards crime are totally irrational
anyway.  A person who would drive and risk being one of the 50,000
people killed each year by car accidents but not walk the streets
and risk being one of the only 22,000 homicides each year is totally
illogical.

Therefore, if a person is going to be irrational by being afraid of
crime while taking other risks, why not take the risk of having a handgun
in the house.