Rivalarrival

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[–] Rivalarrival 0 points 2 months ago (8 children)

True, but largely irrelevant to the issue at hand: It turns out that "electricity" is yet another thing that a needy individual can acquire with "money".

[–] Rivalarrival 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Your criticism assumes the person with the gun is responding to the attack, running toward the sound of the gunshots.

Concealed weapons aren't for responders. Concealed weapons are for the targeted, intended victims; the people already present when the attacker begins.

This chart includes only those scenarios where a criminal attacker was not stopped before firing their first shot, and was not stopped until they had continued shooting long enough to be grouped with the rest of the attackers on this chart. It includes only people who were allowed to continue their attack long enough to qualify, and does not include attacks that were prevented entirely, or were stopped before reaching the chart's threshold.

The chart also fails to address one of the main reasons why so many of these shooters decide to stop shooting and run away: how many of them saw guns in the hands of their intended victims, and left before those victims fired a shot?

[–] Rivalarrival -1 points 2 months ago (10 children)

As far as I know, connecting to the internet requires some kind of device or another. I don't know if any Internet access point that operates on telepathy.

One thing that all of those accessing devices have in common is that "money" is required to initially obtain them, and/or to maintain connectivity to the serving provider.

[–] Rivalarrival 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Delivered to this place awhile back:

[–] Rivalarrival 8 points 2 months ago

Agreed. It is far safer to back into a parking spot than into traffic, especially if there is pedestrian, bicycle, or motorcycle traffic sharing the lanes.

[–] Rivalarrival 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The expiration date isn't for the customer. It's for the grocer. They should not be allowed to sell expired food.

They should be allowed and required to give away or offer for donation any food that is still edible after its expiration date.

By all means, eat all the expired food you want. I certainly do. Just don't try to sell it to anyone and we're golden.

[–] Rivalarrival 3 points 2 months ago

Mmm... Compressed pig rectum...

[–] Rivalarrival 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Given the type of data they are talking about, there is no such thing as a "bystander". Anyone close enough to stop the shooter is a victim of at least "assault with a deadly weapon", if not a victim of "attempted murder" or a victim of "murder".

For accuracy, the legend on this chart should have the word "bystander" replaced with the word "victim" in all instances.

[–] Rivalarrival 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Just 6.6% of Americans have a CCW permit. Some do also open carry, but the number can't be that much higher

One major flaw in this analysis is the assumption that a concealed carry permit is required.

29 states do not require permits for concealed carry. (These are all red states)

Permits are only required in 21 of the 50 states.

8 of those 21 states require permits, but do not actually issue permits upon demand. These are states like California, New York, New Jersey, Hawaii, etc.

These 8 are all blue states. The people of these states are part of the total number of Americans, but are ineligible to acquire permits. They should not be included. The concentration of permit holders outside of states that don't issue permits is much higher than 6.6%.

The overwhelming majority of active permits are from only 13 states where permits are required and are issued on demand. These are all swing states. Just 13 states are home to most of the 6.6% of Americans who have permits. The concentration of permit holders in these 13 states is much, much higher than 6.6%.

The concentration of guns ranges from virtually zero in the 8 most restrictive states, to well over 10% in the remaining 42 states.

[–] Rivalarrival 11 points 2 months ago

Guillotines have a way of loosening one's grip.

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