OT: Americans love their guns

[Nick Vargish]

Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters <mertz at gnosis.cx> writes:

> And should you be mugged on the street by a stranger, your chance of
> walking away dead (rather than just with less money), are MANY times
> higher if you pull a gun on your assailant.

Just to contribute to the topic drift...

I was mugged at gunpoint in the early 90's. I complied with my
nervous-seeming assailant and even helped him get my watchband
unbuckled. The police officer I talked to later said, "Good thing, or
I might be filing my report from the morgue."

Nick

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