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spookyghosties t1_j5ljeo0 wrote

At this point, it's not a matter of "Will I encounter gun violence?" It's WHEN. If we all plan on living here for another few decades we need to expect gun violence may impact us and our communities and to be ready when it does.

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Music_City_Madman t1_j5m8tit wrote

Absolute scaremongering. You’re more likely to die from cancer, falling in your bathtub or a car wreck.

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Geenst12 t1_j5njn33 wrote

American children are more likely to die from gun wounds than from cancer. It's not even close.

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Darnell2070 t1_j5omp6b wrote

Regardless, most shooting homicides are committed by people you know, not strangers committing mass murder.

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Geenst12 t1_j5oxoxf wrote

Why does that matter? You'd rather have your neighbor kill your children than a stranger?

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Darnell2070 t1_j5p3u3z wrote

My main point is that it's not as likely as OP makes it seem. Being shot by a gun in America is no where near an inevitably.

I'm not trying to defend gun deaths. I'm not pro-gun by any means.

I just think it's important not to lie about it.

Statistically, the average American adult, average American child, is not very likely to be victim to him crime. That's just a fact backed by imperical data.

This is due to total population. If there are 350 million Americans. Currently 40,000~a year die from gun violence. Probably averaging around 45,000 now.

https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/safety-topics/guns/

But of those deaths, 55%~ are suicides. So that leads to 20,000~ people out of 350 million being victims of gun related homicide.

And even as rates increase, US population is also increasing, so percentage stay pretty consistent.

Total deaths of 45,000 is .01 percent of 350 million.

Total homicides of 20,000 is .005 percent of 350 million.

If that number leads you to think that it's a question of when and not if, you either don't know the real statistics, or you're just very bad at math.

And to be sure, I believe 45,000 or even 20,000 is too many gun deaths. America needs to get it's shit together for sure.

But this ain't it -> >At this point, it's not a matter of "Will I encounter gun violence?" It's WHEN.

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TheFearAndLoathing t1_j5m2nnq wrote

Not really unless you find yourself in gang activities or plan on using one on yourself.

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Demiansmark t1_j5m4yv2 wrote

I don't think 'everyone' will be exposed to gun violence but saying that you won't unless you're around gangs or have one yourself is incredibly naive.

Personally, I'm early 40s, never owned or wanted to own a firearm or have been involved in 'gangs'. In the last 20 years I've been at a bar where two guys came in with guns and started firing, been mugged at gun point a block away from the University of Florida, been blocks away from a mass shooting (Madden one), and been in an area where guys in truck drove by and shot out the windows of closed businesses. I hope most people don't experience gun violence but it's can certainly find you in all sorts of circumstances.

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TheFearAndLoathing t1_j5m7sa2 wrote

I’m early 30s and haven’t been around any gun violence, and don’t expect to be around any in the next 10 years when I get into my early 40s. I guess we even out then

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Theonetheycallgreat t1_j5m4v27 wrote

Or go to a concert, or shop for groceries, or go out to eat, or go to school, or drive on the highway, or drive on a backroad, or jog on a backroad, or jog on a main road, or walk at night, or walk at day.

At this point in America there is not one activity that is safe from being the target of a shooting.

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TheFearAndLoathing t1_j5m7wrc wrote

Crazy, I’ve been doing all those things for over 30 years now and haven’t been shot at doing any of them and have no worries about being shot doing any of them. Sounds paranoid to worry about something that is statistically very unlikely to happen

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spookyghosties t1_j64aqlf wrote

30 years ago there weren't this many shootings every single day.

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TheFearAndLoathing t1_j64g7nz wrote

Sure, and statistically the majority of those every day shootings are self inflicted or gang related

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