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Huh? The data here isn’t for one day, it’s for three days. Further, population differences will massively inflate absolute numbers. You’re making it seem like U
by amarshall 5y ago
Huh? The data here isn’t for one day, it’s for three days. Further, population differences will massively inflate absolute numbers. You’re making it seem like US is ~1,600x UK when in fact per capita it’s ~61x [1]. Yes, this is still a lot and terrible, but you’re making it seem two orders of magnitude worse.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-r...
- hughrr 5y agoI was hoping for this reply. The presentation of the facts were intentional. These threads devolve into statistical analysis and reduction of values when the only fact that matters is >1 is terrible. Meta discussion should be about the tragic necessity for people to shoot each other not the absolute quantity of deaths.