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>The best way to increase your odds of getting shot is to own a gun The three things you can do which will reduce your odds of being killed by a gun by about 9

>The best way to increase your odds of getting shot is to own a gun The three things you can do which will reduce your odds of being killed by a gun by about 95%: 1. Don't shoot yourself. That reduces your odds by nearly 70% 2. Be Asian or Native American. This reduces your odds by another 70%. If you're not able to do that, being white or Hispanic still improves your odds substantially. 3. Be a woman (reduces your odds of dying by another 80%) If you are able to accomplish all 3, congratulations! You've reduced your odds being killed by a gun from .01% to around 0.0005% If you're able to understand basic safety rules, owning a gun is not that dangerous. Accidental deaths are incredibly rare (literally less than a one in a million occurrence), and have been trending down since gun safety has become more popular (the modern conception of trigger discipline has only existed for like 40-50 years). I think you're conflating the inherent danger of firearms with some confounding variables that lead certain people to be more likely to possess them.

otterley 7y ago
> 1. Don't shoot yourself. That reduces your odds by nearly 70% You can't shoot yourself if you don't have a gun. > Be Asian or Native American. This reduces your odds by another 70%. If you're not able to do that, being white or Hispanic still improves your odds substantially. It doesn't matter what race you are, if you don't have a gun. 3. Be a woman (reduces your odds of dying by another 80%) If doesn't matter what sex you are, if you don't have a gun. > If you are able to accomplish all 3, congratulations! You've reduced your odds being killed by a gun from .01% to around 0.0005% If you don't have a gun, congratulations! You've reduced your odds being killed by a gun from .01% to around 0.0005%. And you have to worry a whole lot less about dying from a gunshot depending on your mental state, accident, or whether you are "unlucky" enough to have been born male or African-American, or have occasional bouts of severe depression.

otterley 7y ago

> 1. Don't shoot yourself. That reduces your odds by nearly 70% You can't shoot yourself if you don't have a gun. > Be Asian or Native American. This reduces your odds by another 70%. If you're not able to do that, being white or Hispanic still improves your odds substantially. It doesn't matter what race you are, if you don't have a gun. 3. Be a woman (reduces your odds of dying by another 80%) If doesn't matter what sex you are, if you don't have a gun. > If you are able to accomplish all 3, congratulations! You've reduced your odds being killed by a gun from .01% to around 0.0005% If you don't have a gun, congratulations! You've reduced your odds being killed by a gun from .01% to around 0.0005%. And you have to worry a whole lot less about dying from a gunshot depending on your mental state, accident, or whether you are "unlucky" enough to have been born male or African-American, or have occasional bouts of severe depression.