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The whole point is that all of this is extremely uncommon. To put this in context, there are about 10,000 people killed annually in the U.S. That's 27 people
by kevin_morrill 14y ago
The whole point is that all of this is extremely uncommon.
To put this in context, there are about 10,000 people killed annually in the U.S. That's 27 people every single day like clockwork, in often more violent and horrific fashion--many of them teenagers and kids. I think the "active shooter" stat is something like ~100 annually.
So if you want to get worked up about something, get worked up about drunk drivers. Or the far more likely cause of your death: heart disease and cancer.
http://www.centurycouncil.org/drunk-driving/drunk-driving-fatalities-national-statistics http://www.centurycouncil.org/drunk-driving/drunk-driving-fa...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_causes_of_death_by_rate#United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_causes_of_death_by_rate...
- jack-r-abbit 14y agoTotally agree with you. I kind of think about it like Plane crashes v. Auto crashes. Commercial Plane crashes are very rare but when they do happen 250 people die in one shot. Car crashes happen so much more frequently but each only has a couple deaths. The grand scale of devastation of this one single act, in one single location makes it far more emotional than 1 or 2 deaths every hour 24/7 across the US. And when emotions are running wild... people get all worked up.