No, it seems like he is trying to say that crime is lower where people do have guns. Read the statement you quoted again, "The murder rate drops by a factor of 10 when you cross the Potomac River into Virginia (still in metropolitan Washington; it gets even lower further away) where there is no gun ban." Where there is no gun ban there is a lower murder rate. Stated again, the murder rate is lower where people own guns. Do you see how that is the opposite of what you said he was saying?
About 3 months ago my wife received a FedEx package (or maybe UPS but not USPS). She signed for it not knowing who it was from or what was in it. We have been married less than a year so it is not uncommon to still be receiving gifts not knowing who the sender is or what the contents are. Well, she opened the box and inside was a cell phone and an agreement from a company called 4freewireless (or something like that - shoot I wish I could remember the name!). The agreement said something like thank you for choosing to sign up with us - but my wife NEVER signed up with them. The agreement said that if she didn't send the cell phone back in 60 days that that would mean she accepted a year long contract with this company. There were other details in there too - like if the phone was ever used then the 60 day return policy was null and void. I said ignore them - there's nothing they can do - you didn't sign up with them. Throwing the phone away wasn't a good option because if someone found it and activated it then the company could maybe enforce it's "contract". Well, after ignoring it for awhile may wife was still worried and unbeknownst to me she sent the phone back to them at her/our expense. We have since got several letters saying pay up, pay up, you never sent the phone back, pay up or we'll send a collection agency after you! Before sending back the phone she tried calling the company up but she got the response that she must have signed up with them otherwise they never would have sent the phone. Again let me say, this isn't true my wife never signed up for cell phone service with them. I've noticed a few suggestions here that could help us but should we continue to ignore them or do something more about this? Please help! I don't know if USPS fraud laws apply here since they didn't use USPS. Thanks in advance for any help.
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No, it seems like he is trying to say that crime is lower where people do have guns. Read the statement you quoted again, "The murder rate drops by a factor of 10 when you cross the Potomac River into Virginia (still in metropolitan Washington; it gets even lower further away) where there is no gun ban." Where there is no gun ban there is a lower murder rate. Stated again, the murder rate is lower where people own guns. Do you see how that is the opposite of what you said he was saying?
About 3 months ago my wife received a FedEx package (or maybe UPS but not USPS). She signed for it not knowing who it was from or what was in it. We have been married less than a year so it is not uncommon to still be receiving gifts not knowing who the sender is or what the contents are. Well, she opened the box and inside was a cell phone and an agreement from a company called 4freewireless (or something like that - shoot I wish I could remember the name!). The agreement said something like thank you for choosing to sign up with us - but my wife NEVER signed up with them. The agreement said that if she didn't send the cell phone back in 60 days that that would mean she accepted a year long contract with this company. There were other details in there too - like if the phone was ever used then the 60 day return policy was null and void. I said ignore them - there's nothing they can do - you didn't sign up with them. Throwing the phone away wasn't a good option because if someone found it and activated it then the company could maybe enforce it's "contract". Well, after ignoring it for awhile may wife was still worried and unbeknownst to me she sent the phone back to them at her/our expense. We have since got several letters saying pay up, pay up, you never sent the phone back, pay up or we'll send a collection agency after you! Before sending back the phone she tried calling the company up but she got the response that she must have signed up with them otherwise they never would have sent the phone. Again let me say, this isn't true my wife never signed up for cell phone service with them. I've noticed a few suggestions here that could help us but should we continue to ignore them or do something more about this? Please help! I don't know if USPS fraud laws apply here since they didn't use USPS. Thanks in advance for any help.