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.

  • 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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      37 days ago

      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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            26 days ago

            Not every place is a valid platform for gun defense.