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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stathis Papaioannou via extropy-chat<br><b>…</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>>….I don’t see why you should leave out suicide; if you have an argument with your spouse and then shoot yourself in the head, that is a serious problem.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Stathis Papaioannou<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I do see why that should be a separate category. Suicide accounts for a large percentage of death by firearm. If I decide I want to end it all, then that is my choice. It isn’t the fault of the gun or the fact that I have one. There are legitimate reasons why people make that choice, and I respect their choice. Of all the ways to finish oneself, I would think that method would be the least painful.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regarding statistics: things change. Because of the verdict in today’s trial, life in the USA just became dramatically more dangerous. Police everywhere in the USA will be seriously rethinking their career choices. We can easily anticipate that plenty of them will say adios amigo to the force. Result: they will be less likely to come to your aid in a timely manner should the bad guy come to visit. One can scarcely blame them: their job was already dangerous enough. Add to that the legal liability in the event they make a mistake, law enforcement is a lousy career choice.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Result: we the people need to be ready to carry out homeland security ourselves. But this carries at least one advantage: far faster response time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>