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You are extremely unlikely to be shot in the United States as well. Just because the media blows up statistically ridiculously unlikely incidents in a country
by psunavy03 3y ago
You are extremely unlikely to be shot in the United States as well. Just because the media blows up statistically ridiculously unlikely incidents in a country of 340 million people does not mean it's magically likely to happen to you.
I can't believe this actually needs to be said.
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- simonbarker87 3y agoI don’t think it did need to be said tbh. In the UK there’s the joke of “careful or the farmer will shoot you” said to kids and youngsters just to scare them a bit. I imagine that’s where the commenter was coming from.
- psunavy03 3y agoPeople online also love to stereotype Americans as trigger-happy psychopathic maniacs.
- tonyedgecombe 3y ago>I imagine that’s where the commenter was coming from. Not really :) However I had just read this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68077595 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68077595