You also hear about every single instance that happens in other countries, too, except it happens elsewhere once every couple of decades, not couple of days.
And? I said it’s relatively rare. I’m not sure what the EU has to do with the statement I typed out. Did the EU having lower rates affect how rare it is to be shot in the US?
I don’t know why you’re asking me about the EU, but if for instance gunshot wounds are one of the leading causes of death among children and teenagers in one highly developed Western democracy, and it doesn’t even come up in the statistics in any other country, that one country is doing (or fails to do) something that is costing the lives of some of its most vulnerable people. Not recognising it and not striving to do something about it is a huge problem worth pointing out.
You’re off by almost a factor of 4.
In 2021, it was 3.7 deaths per 100,000 children. Scaling that up to 100m, would be 3700 children. In 2021, ~2500 children were killed by firearms in the US, that is ~0.29 children per hour.
Nah, I say let them play. I don’t want them to tell me how low it is, I really want to know how high they are willing to let that number go. The answer is the same every time; any number of dead kids doesn’t matter. I just want them to be upfront with that information rather than falsely state that they don’t care because the number is low, when the truth is they just don’t fucking care at all because they are fucking selfish assholes.
You also hear about every single instance that happens in other countries, too, except it happens elsewhere once every couple of decades, not couple of days.
And? I said it’s relatively rare. I’m not sure what the EU has to do with the statement I typed out. Did the EU having lower rates affect how rare it is to be shot in the US?
I don’t know why you’re asking me about the EU, but if for instance gunshot wounds are one of the leading causes of death among children and teenagers in one highly developed Western democracy, and it doesn’t even come up in the statistics in any other country, that one country is doing (or fails to do) something that is costing the lives of some of its most vulnerable people. Not recognising it and not striving to do something about it is a huge problem worth pointing out.
And even with the elevated rate, it’s still absurdly rare. You are talking 1000 or so cases for nearly 100m children.
You’re off by almost a factor of 4. In 2021, it was 3.7 deaths per 100,000 children. Scaling that up to 100m, would be 3700 children. In 2021, ~2500 children were killed by firearms in the US, that is ~0.29 children per hour.
They want to play the numbers game when one is one too many. Don’t engage in the percentages tango, it validates their stupid point.
Nah, I say let them play. I don’t want them to tell me how low it is, I really want to know how high they are willing to let that number go. The answer is the same every time; any number of dead kids doesn’t matter. I just want them to be upfront with that information rather than falsely state that they don’t care because the number is low, when the truth is they just don’t fucking care at all because they are fucking selfish assholes.
You’re okay with one thousand or so dead children?