There are two gun policies that work to minimize the risks of gun danger. One is "everyone has guns", the other is "no one has guns". Anywhere inbetween won't work, and that's why America has such a high rate of gun-related problems compared to everywhere else, which goes closer to the "no one has guns" approach (while in America, many people have guns but it's far from everyone).
Well the no one has guns isn't exactly working out as the cities with very low gun ownership have lots of gun related murders, since lawful citizens can't get them but criminals can illegally. Check this statistic out: https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/uk-violent-crime-rate-eight-times-higher-than-the-us/ Maybe we have more gun violence but they have 8 times the amount of other crime than us, and they have very little guns. The no one has guns approach will not work unless every single gun is somehow redundant and does not fire at all, which is not possible.
Violent crime rate includes people being punched in the face, kicked, pepper-sprayed, etc...
Would you rather get punched or shot at?
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Re: Best Guitarist ever ?
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SharkyBTC
on 23/02/2015, 06:25:02 UTC
Mine? Slash.
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Re: Lenovo Group has been pre-installing tracking software on their PCs
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SharkyBTC
on 22/02/2015, 22:05:58 UTC
I really hope this will put a final stop to OEM putting sponsored bloatware on their machines...
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Re: WTF 30%!! premium paying in Bitcoin on NewEgg
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SharkyBTC
on 22/02/2015, 21:50:43 UTC
It doesn't make any sense. Bitcoin is actually perfect for merchants since it's one of the only payment methods that can never be reversed.
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Re: Help me understand...
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SharkyBTC
on 22/02/2015, 21:42:19 UTC
Fun fact: most people are fools. Give it ten years and everyone will be kicking themselves for not jumping on the Bitcoin train earlier.
Are you sure you are completely safe from malware with linux? If you use linux do you need any protection software? what is the best distro to use? how about mint cinnamon??
There is Mac and even Linux-specific malware out there.
The reason most hackers target Windows, however, is simply because it is the most common OS. A hacker would probably rather spend months creating a virus that targets 90% of all PC users.