re: #33 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

That was a description of how I present this stuff to students of self defense with a gun. I do present the stats fairly, in my class. I kinda wish you could hang in for one but we are distant from one another.

I just don’t think the stats are going to stop people from going with “just in case”. Not even after the stats are well presented. Heh nihilistic or not (kidding there).

Take that guy that speeds in his car to the airport fearlessly, maybe a real jerk of a driver, you know the aggressive kind? Then he gets to the airport and his stomach knots up, he sweats and shakes a bit because he is afraid of flying. Not totally phobic, just tense. Do you really suppose he will be changed all that much by reading how safe air travel his as compared to a safe calm drive?

People figure they can control the gun accident risk with their own behavior. For the diligent, they are correct to think so.