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You're more likely to get killed using a gun in the US than Somalia (Somalia: 7.02 per 100K, US: 10.84 per 100K)
by philipwhiuk 3y ago
You're more likely to get killed using a gun in the US than Somalia
(Somalia: 7.02 per 100K, US: 10.84 per 100K)
- gruez 3y agoSource for those figures? Do they include suicides?
- 15155 3y agoYes, that figure is more than 50% suicides - this is a common statistical ruse.
- 15155 3y agoMore than 50% of that 10.84 consists of suicides - a fairly typical, convenient omission for folks with an agenda. "Get killed" would imply that "you" weren't the actor doing the killing. Somalia suicide rate: 7.90 per 100K United States suicide rate: 14 per 100K How many of these US and Somalia deaths are associated with organized crime?
- AlexandrB 3y agoConsidering the rate of "regret"[1] on failed suicide attempts, this isn't the slam dunk you think it is. [1] https://ennyman.medium.com/a-lesson-from-29-golden-gate-suicide-attempts-a42f4ef3f970 https://ennyman.medium.com/a-lesson-from-29-golden-gate-suic...
- 15155 3y agoThe original comment was: > You're more likely to get killed using a gun in the US than Somalia How is suicide or the regret thereof relevant to "getting killed?"