I think the real issue here is that perceptions of many of these risks is as much a matter of tribal identity as anything else. For example, liking guns is a tr

I think the real issue here is that perceptions of many of these risks is as much a matter of tribal identity as anything else. For example, liking guns is a tribal value of "team red" - therefore viewing it as dangerous is as much an attack on "our team" as it is a rational assessment. This behavior is hardly limited to "team red". Tolerance of gay sex is a tribal value of "team blue". Yet it turns out M2M gay sex is between 15x and 200x as dangerous as gun ownership. How many people are remotely aware of this? https://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2016/are_gays_or_guns_more_dangerous.html https://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2016/are_gays_or_guns_mor... People suck at risk assessment in general. Apart from scoring cheap points for our team, why focus on terrorism and guns specifically?