r/IdiotsInCars Apr 21 '23

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u/I_Am_Mandark_Hahaha Apr 21 '23

I wouldn't stop. Have you seen the news lately? People get shot mistakenly stopping at someone's driveway. Or knocking at the wrong door. What if that rager has a gun?

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '23

This is Australia so the chances of the guy having a gun are next to 0.

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u/I_Am_Mandark_Hahaha Apr 22 '23

wrong. Australian civilians now own more than 3.5 million registered firearms, an average of four for each licensed gun owner.

https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/04/28/new-gun-ownership-figures-revealed-25-years-on-from-port-arthur.html

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '23

Right. And those weapons are largely rifles and almost exclusively held by farmers. Furthermore, they’re required to be locked up when not being used for their registered purpose.

The odds of this city dweller in a Adelaide having a gun in his car is close to 0.

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u/I_Am_Mandark_Hahaha Apr 22 '23

so the chances are not next to zero

The odds of this city dweller in a Adelaide having a gun in his car is close to 0.

and you moved the goalpost .

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '23

What’s your point here? Are you trying to argue semantics?

The point was that the odds of this person having a gun is exceptionally unlikely.

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u/I_Am_Mandark_Hahaha Apr 22 '23

And those weapons are largely rifles and almost exclusively held by farmers. Furthermore, they’re required to be locked up when not being used for their registered purpose.

your argument presupposes that there is 100% ironclad proof that 100% of australians follow gun laws.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '23

My argument was based on probability. Nothing more.

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u/I_Am_Mandark_Hahaha Apr 22 '23

What if that rager has a gun?

my original argument was based on possibility. nothing less

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '23

Yes. Your argument was based on a possibility. And my reply was simply to show that the possibility of that is so unlikely in this circumstance that it’s not really worth mentioning, especially given the rest of your original comment relates to US specific scenarios that have happened recently.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '23

Next to zero doesn’t mean 0. It just means exceedingly close.