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Old 12-10-2007, 06:51 AM   #122 (permalink)
dksuddeth
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Location: bedford, tx
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Originally Posted by willravel
1 in 6 billion? No, that would not be enough. You'd have to be certifiably insane to prepare for something that has 6,000,000,000 to 1 odds to occur. Frankly, one would be certifiably insane to prepare for something that's 1,000,000/1 odds.
and yet people wear seatbelts, have fire extinguishers, and buy insurance for something that may never happen.

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Originally Posted by willravel
Well 4 miles from my house the other day, a store owner was not killed after working 30 years at the store. I can name hundreds of people I know who weren't killed last year, myself included (surprise!).
Frankly, one would be certifiably insane to NOT prepare for the mere possibility that their family could be tortured and murdered.

Personally, willravel, I think that it is your immense animosity towards guns and violence that prevents you from even acknowledging anything other than 'guns are bad, mmmk?' and I sincerely hope your family never suffers for it.
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