> to generalize that the violence in Chicago is endemic to the rest of the nation is pure fantasy. That wasn't the comment. The comment was that most surgeons

> to generalize that the violence in Chicago is endemic to the rest of the nation is pure fantasy. That wasn't the comment. The comment was that most surgeons in the Netherlands can wait decades before seeing a gunshot wound. If they want hands-on experience, the US is a good place to learn. I think that's a very reasonable comment (EDIT maybe "years" is more reasonable than "decades"...) and if you account for accidents and self-harm, you really don't need to go to Chicago or Baltimore. The vast majority of gun wounds in the US are accidents or self-harm and occur all over the US, including "quiet little towns". I would argue that the real fantasy is to think that the gun violence epidemic is limited to big cities with black guys in hoodies shooting at each other.