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There is a categorical difference in how a person could die because he crashes his own car into a tree and another one shooting at other people. Car deaths are

There is a categorical difference in how a person could die because he crashes his own car into a tree and another one shooting at other people. Car deaths are terrible, and many are involuntary (someone killing someone else), but many are self inflicted and the driver is reasonably assuming that risk. The risk of walking out of your home and getting shot by a lunatic is an unmitigated externality. Its not a risk for a person to assume.

clarkmoody 10y ago
> The risk of walking out of your home and getting shot by a lunatic is an unmitigated externality. True, but also way less likely than getting killed by some lunatic looking at their phone while driving. Hence the disconnect in the media's treatment of gun deaths vs auto deaths.