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Statistically, it was always more likely someone he knew.
by IndoorPatio 3y ago
Statistically, it was always more likely someone he knew.
- yardie 3y agoIf you saw last weeks comments you would think it was a homeless, drug crazed, criminal. One of the tops comments stated, with authority, it was someone homeless. And how the cops were not going to do anything about it.
- spacemadness 3y agoHN really has a solid case of amnesia today regarding this.
- bombcar 3y agoThere were 40k suicides in the USA in 2020, and about 20k murders. So statistically, if you die by violence, you killed yourself.
- lesuorac 3y agoIdk about these numbers. ~38k people died in USA [1] from car crashes. Thats pretty violent but doesn't necessarily count as murder or suicide. [1]: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/Publication/813266#:~:text=The%20traffic%20fatality%20count%20in,from%20the%201.11%20in%202019 https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/Publication/8132....
- bombcar 3y agoI thought about specifying some form of "human induced killing" but couldn't figure out how to word-lawyer it to be the group consisting of "murder + suicide".
- dkn775 3y agoViolent deaths are murder suicide and overdose per CDC programs in place at medical examiners
- ryanwaggoner 3y agoCar crashes aren't typically included in "violent deaths", because the definition of "violence" typically includes intent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence