Fine, then we have to let everyone out of prison. Beyond a reasonable doubt is not 100% success rate, but merely a 99% success rate. It is not beyond any doubt.
What holding a gun to someone's neck means
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Fine, then we have to let everyone out of prison. Beyond a reasonable doubt is not 100% success rate, but merely a 99% success rate. It is not beyond any doubt.
You are crazy. Why are you on the street? Oh never mind.....
He's not "very quick witted."
SmarterthanYou
rebel
even the ones caught on video????? is that not beyond a reasonable doubt? or are you sliding towards pettiness now?
Pools are dangerous things, and should be handled with caution. Guns are dangerous things, and should be handled with caution.
Guns in the household are more likely to kill people who belong in the household than intruders, and therefore do more damage than good. More importantly, it is not even close. It is like 50 to 100 times more damage.
In life, you play the odds. There are a lot of good reasons not to buy a gun.
NiftyNiblick
1960s Chick Magnet
Any reasonably intelligent person who has actually served on a jury would be skeptical about that 99% success rate.
SmarterthanYou
rebel
life is full of risk. it's risky. we make choices to mitigate as much risk as we can, or want. what you need to ask yourself is 'are the odds of my family members accidentally dying by the gun in my home higher or lower than the odds of us being invaded by one, or more, violent and depraved criminals that will rape and murder my family because I don't have a gun'.................
So if I hold a gun to you, and demand to have your watch, it is not robbery if I hand you a dollar?
It is robbery if they did not want to sell it to him. Paying for it does not change the facts. He used a gun to force them to give him meat, which is armed robbery.
Beyond a reasonable doubt is not the same as beyond any doubt. It is not 100%, it is 99% sure. A crime caught on camera would probably be 99%, and beyond a reasonable doubt, but it would not be 100%. Video footage can be faked.
If you are demanding 100%, beyond any possible doubt, then we have to release everyone from prison. And more importantly, you are demanding well beyond anything that the Founding Fathers would have ever considered.
Your thread, Walter:
"So a Missouri man really wanted meat, but the meat counter was not staffed."
Do you own a gun, Walter?
No.
Which is why we play the odds. If something is 50 times more likely to kill my family than to help them in any way, I avoid that thing.
How do you plan on defending your family...yourself...Walter?
How common are home break-ins in the US?
1. On average, a burglary happens once every 30 seconds. According to the FBI statistics, a burglar strikes close to every 30 seconds in the US (30.48 seconds to be exact). That adds up to two burglaries every minute and over 3,000 burglaries per day.
Walter, you need to put up a "gun free zone" sign in front of your house so that the thugs will know which house is safe to break in (sic). I'm old school on ending sentences with prepositions.
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I also have my children wear safety belts, and child seats. There is a chance that could prevent them from being thrown to safety, but a far greater chance that will save their lives. I play the odds.
I do not subscribe to your racist paranoia. Somehow, there are billions of people who agree with me, and are safer for doing so.
How is racism paranoia, Walter?
David slew Goliath...he was defending himself and others, Walter.
Again, how do you plan on defending your family and yourself when a thug breaks into your home?
1. On average, a burglary happens once every 30 seconds. According to the FBI statistics, a burglar strikes close to every 30 seconds in the US (30.48 seconds to be exact). That adds up to two burglaries every minute and over 3,000 burglaries per day.