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> I have to disagree with both. Guns are a constant threat, even in the bluest of cities since there are Red States just a few hours of drive away (if you're no
by brianwawok 4y ago
> I have to disagree with both. Guns are a constant threat, even in the bluest of cities since there are Red States just a few hours of drive away (if you're not already a Blue City in a Red State which is extremely common). The threat of school shooting is very real. Kids have to go through bs "active shooter drills"... this is not the sign of a healthy society.
Sorry you are buying far too much into the news. I suspect more people are burned alive in housefires from shoddy construction in India, than die in the US to guns.
- pm90 4y agoIf you’re gonna wildly speculate then by all means go ahead and make up the most wildest shit imaginable.
- ivalm 4y agoIt’s actually surprisingly close in absolute numbers. About 20k not-self inflicted gun deaths in the us, and 17k deaths by fire in India. Ofc per capita gun deaths>>fires.
- bombcar 4y agoThe non-self inflicted is huge though, most gun deaths are suicides.
- geebee 4y agoCorrect - though the US doesn’t have a dramatically higher suicide rate compared to countries with vastly lower gun related homicide rates. So excluding non self inflicted rates may provide the more relevant metric for this analysis.
- bombcar 4y agoYep - many people see the "gun deaths" number and assume all of those are crimes (well, technically suicide is a crime where the victim and the perpetrator are the same).
- brianwawok 4y agoIn addition, a hunge chunk of the actual gun deaths are related to drug and drug trafficing. If you don't deal/buy drugs, and you don't drive through the inner city projects where turf wars are a thing, you can cross that off your list. I feel very safe from gun violence in the US.
- bombcar 4y agoOnce you factor those out, I think you are MUCH more likely to be killed by a vehicle than anything else. And even if you don't, it's about even.
- geebee 4y agoToo late to edit - I meant to write "excluding self inflicted rates", not "excluding non self inflicted rates", though I don't get the impression there was any misunderstanding.
- la64710 4y agoIndias population is X (maybe 7) times more than USA
- nixass 4y ago> I suspect more people are burned alive in housefires from shoddy construction in India, than die in the US to guns ChEcKmAtE!