If it's public it's out there sorry.
Absolutely agree, but the actions by that newspaper in New York was clearly for intimidation purposes. I think we all know that.
There's another thought point: how do you "intimidate" people who by definition have more firepower than humans do? And this is exactly why I keep asking about "shame".
What I don't they thought about, however, is now that every criminal knows who has a gun in the area they know which houses to avoid, which could actually make non gun owners a bigger target.
That's one theory that's been put forth on this forum; the other is that since guns are a valuable theftable item that can be quickly turned over on the street, it should draw the burglar toward, not away from, the armed house. But these theories stand in direct opposition. Again, theorists have to pick a side here; can't have it both ways. To just throw everything at the wall in hope something sticks isn't having a position at all.
And again, we have no evidence that either one has actually happened as a result of the publication so this is all armchair speculation. But there's no reason such speculation doesn't still require a logical basis.
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