that's an optimistic number. I suspect that its more like one in a thousand if that.
Thing is these anecdotes are nice and cute and all that but demonstrate nothing. They are just stories not data. People need to learn that the singular of data is not anecdote. On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:49 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, it's nice that for about every 100 people shot, one person is able to > successfully defend themselves. > > On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> "I am not for much gun control, but this sucks..." >> >> On the positive side: >> >> 12-Year-Old Girl Shoots Intruder During Home Invasion In Bryan >> County< >> http://www.news9.com/story/19858704/12-year-old-girl-shoots-intruder-during-home-invasion >> > >> >> >> Farmer, 92, shoots intruder dead through the >> heart< >> http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-09-04/news/33587269_1_home-intruder-intruder-police-earl-jones >> > >> >> >> >> And finally, an article from 1775 about the "shot heard round the world". >> >> http://historygallery.com/newspapers/1775concord2/1LexingtonConcord1.jpg >> http://historygallery.com/newspapers/1775concord2/1LexingtonConcord2.jpg >> http://historygallery.com/newspapers/1775concord2/1LexingtonConcord3.jpg >> >> J >> >> - >> >> Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look >> upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. - Mohandas >> Gandhi >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:356689 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
