[ExI] pistols

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 at 23:57, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> >I am a little torn: I have a Ruger .22.  Roz will have a Glock 19 gen 5
if I get no recommendations that seem objective.  Do I need another gun?
Can I sell my .22?  Nothing on eBay I notice.  Illegal?  She will be in the
back of the house, far from the front doors, and I am ten feet from it and
twenty feet from the only back door.  A bold break-in would likely leave
Roz far away from the action; but she will have the pistol.  I think you
are probably right and I need to get a gun that will stop someone faster
than the .22 could.  Come to think of it, I haven't thought of it.  My .22
is in the back of the house.  I'll move it up here.  This is a quiet
neighborhood, circa 50s.  Four blocks from the courthouse.

>I judge my security to be inadequate.

You’re more likely to be killed if you have a gun at home than if you
don’t. You are the victim of a cognitive bias - feeling safer rather than
actually being safer - if you have a gun.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24054955/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522849/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2759797/

https://slate.com/technology/2015/01/good-guy-with-a-gun-myth-guns-increase-the-risk-of-homicide-accidents-suicide.html




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Stathis Papaioannou
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