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Originally Posted by smooth
I read your link: only 1,026 felons answered that they were more fearful of an armed citizen over a police officer.
less than .0005 percent of the prison population for those who didn't want to determine the proportion of 1,026 is of 2,000,000 inmates.
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How many of those 2,000,000 are felons? (Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I'm fairly certain that you have argued that most prison overcrowding is due to nonviolent drug offenders.) How many felons from the nationwide convicted felon population were asked to respond? (I doubt it's all of them) How many of those felons committed a violent crime in which someone may have felt the need to defend himself? (There isn't always a good Samaritan around to try to defend his/her fellow man/woman) How many of them were arrested by the police? (all of them) How many were confronted by an armed citizen? (a lot less than all)
While I understand what you're trying to say, I think you're saying it based on a gut reaction and basing it on a gross oversimplification of facts. I'd like for you to at least consider this before completely disimissing the argument as being statistically insignificant.