re: #30 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

Sure. Nihilistic, cavalier similar enough to refrain. It’s not a personal jibe, but an assessment of the opinion right?

So gun advocates can tell people “Really, you’re very safe without a gun. Crime is at a very low rate. Isn’t it awesome?”

That is not how I play it. In brief-The stats are all presented fairly. Including the ones you cite. Especially some of them. I do include the 67,000 number and talk them out of Lott. I say many of us including cops never shoot in necessity. I have not. My wife has not. Most of us civilians won’t actually need it. I only know a couple people who have been in shootings gun in hand, despite having hundreds of contacts in the tactical training community. Even the cops call SWAT so the ordinary cops don’t gunfight except in a surprise engagement. Now you look at these numbers and consider your situation. Kids? Any roomies? (Fill in a ton of details)

Then the gun part starts.