That YCombinator thread is about having your kids taken away by Child Protective Services, not being killed by guns. The idea that Americans are on edge is sim

That YCombinator thread is about having your kids taken away by Child Protective Services, not being killed by guns. The idea that Americans are on edge is simply not correct. The average American, not intending to end their own life and not engaged in a criminal career, is much, much more likely -- about 10× -- to be killed by their own or another person's car than by a gun, and American attitudes reflect that.