tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post114951175573260648..comments2023-11-03T06:35:48.003-05:00Comments on Shark and Shepherd: What there is to be afraid ofRick Esenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-1149540784655449552006-06-05T15:53:00.000-05:002006-06-05T15:53:00.000-05:00"...liberal approaches to crime?...You said a mout..."...liberal approaches to crime?...<BR/><BR/>You said a mouthful. Pertinent extract from Sowell here:<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://dad29.blogspot.com/2006/06/concealed-carry-debate.htmlDad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-1149515328070861192006-06-05T08:48:00.000-05:002006-06-05T08:48:00.000-05:00Yah, but Jay--Shark's most telling point was the c...Yah, but Jay--Shark's most telling point was the combination of both: that we have a LOT of nerve to deprive people living in Hell's Kitchen from the means to self-defense.<BR/><BR/>That's something you have to address, Jay.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-1149513256086825362006-06-05T08:14:00.000-05:002006-06-05T08:14:00.000-05:00Concealed carry does not create fear [. . . ].I ne...<I>Concealed carry does not create fear [. . . ].</I><BR/>I never asserted that it did.<BR/><BR/><I>The American left has a long history of attempting to dismiss fear of crime as "racist" or hysterical.</I><BR/>I didn't do this either; in fact, I very clearly tried to distinguish between the racist mentality of one bad example and the majority of pro-CCW people. I merely pointed out that the odds of needing a gun to protect yourself from violent crime slim.<BR/><BR/><I>If people are anxious about their security, it will just not do to tell them that they shouldn't be.</I><BR/>I said as much explicitly in my post.<BR/><BR/>It's been interesting to watch my point get missed so much--which I suppose means I didn't make it well in the first place. Perhaps back to the drawing board.Jay Bullockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com