Number of people killed this year by mass shootings, according to that article this year: 462 Car accident fatalities per year according to this article[1]: 30

Number of people killed this year by mass shootings, according to that article this year: 462 Car accident fatalities per year according to this article[1]: 30000 (500+ per week) . Low end estimates of flu deaths per season [2]: 3000 These latter two are not anything you would worry about significantly (they are not particularly likely to kill you). Why should I care about being killed in a mass shooting? [1] http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/general-statistics/fatalityfacts/state-by-state-overview http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/general-statistics/fatalit... [2] http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/us_flu-related_deaths.htm http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/us_flu-related_deaths.h...