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> 4.96/100,000 for 2012 So... 5 * 20 years = 100 So living in the US for 20 year means that the people murdered by guns are very roughly estimated at 1 perso
by mettamage 5y ago
> 4.96/100,000 for 2012
So...
5 * 20 years = 100
So living in the US for 20 year means that the people murdered by guns are very roughly estimated at 1 person per 1000.
That's about as twice as high of a chance as dying from the flu [1].
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127799/influenza-us-mortality-rate-by-age-group/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127799/influenza-us-mor...
- inter_netuser 5y agoWhich means guns are 500% safer than COVID-19?
- mettamage 5y agoWell, considering that people live on average 80 years, I'd upperbound it to 4/1000 instead of 1/1000. Also I wouldn't call "dying less" a way to frame safety when talking about these type of chances. So I guess Covid is twice to 4 times as deadly? I mean it's a very rough estimation and clearly I haven't considered everything. But ballparking it like this, I'd be inclined to say so.