Also remember, things are newsworthy because they’re novel. US sees like 2 gun deaths per day and thousands due to insurance company malpractice, but this one death dominates newscycles.

  • Bob Robertson IX
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    257 days ago

    US sees like 2 gun deaths per day

    Are you sure about that? NYC alone has around 1 murder per day, and I’d assume that most are gun related.

    • Lightor
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      2 per day? Crazy…

      In 2023, the average number of people who died from gun violence in the United States each day was 118. This is based on the 43,163 people who died from gun-related injuries in 2023.

      2 per day, what are they smoking.

    • db0OPM
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      197 days ago

      I am not sure at all. I might have been thinking of mass shootings instead :D

      • @shalafi
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        Depends on what you call a mass shooting. When we think “mass shooting”, we’re thinking of the Mother Jones sort in this pic.

        https://imgur.com/2prD6rU

        There are about 50,000 gun deaths in the US every year, same as vehicular deaths. About half the gun deaths are suicides. About none of the vehicle deaths are.

        • db0OPM
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          27 days ago

          I feel like you’re trying too hard to defend US gun culture here.

          • @Serinus
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            People absolutely gloss over how dangerous cars are. I’d love a big push towards trains in the coming decades.

          • @shalafi
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            -16 days ago

            Anything I said untrue or biased?

            • db0OPM
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              Not every place is a valid platform for gun defense.