But Retribution doesn't prevent many of those now... the deterrent effect is not particularly great for the line items below. ----- Original Message ----- From: Zack Bass To: LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:26 PM Subject: [LibertarianEnterprise] Re: Albinos uninsurable in Tanzania
--- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, "Robert D. Silvetz, M.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > .... a criminal thought he could take down a waitress. > The owner saw what was happening and drew a shotgun on the perp. Of the five patrons, two were carrying and drew their weapon the perp. The perp very slowly put his revolver on the counter and was arrested soon thereafter. > > The issue isn't that you can imagine a guerrila scenario where a perp has the advantage. What IS important is that the situations in which the perp will be advantaged become vanishingly small as more and more people carry. > With good Self-Defense and zero Retribution, successful perps will simply change their strategy. Date-Rape, Embezzlement, Poison, Burning Bed, all forms of Fraud...