Mass shooting 5-15-23. 12 shot..3 dead New mexico

[Demovictory9]

[Initech]

1. Thanks, NRA.

[f_townsend]

2. Meanwhile, someone right here on DU claimed

that the odds of getting shot are "vanishingly small".

No, I didn't make that up.

[VMA131Marine]

4. The chances of getting killed by a gun are about

O.012% in any given year. That includes homicides and suicides.

Your chances of being injured by a gun on any given day are about 1-in-a-million. However, these are averages. If you own a gun, your chances of being killed or injured by one are much higher. If you live in a red state, your chances are higher, and so on.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. And if you are the one who is shot dead, the statistics are meaningless as fuck.

[Kaleva]

7. Same with those that get killed in a car accident

The fact that the great majority of us will not be killed on the streets or highways is meaningless as fuck for those who are .

And yet, almost all of us drive or ride in a vehicle almost daily without any fear or worry

[f_townsend]

10. How is your gun going to protect you in a car accident? n/t

[Kaleva]

12. Just saying most of us drive without fear....

despite the chances of being killed or seriously injured in a car accident. And yet people express fear of being a victim of being shot which is far less likely to happen .

[f_townsend]

15. "Guns are the leading cause of death for US children and teens, surpassing car accidents in 2020"

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/health/us-children-gun-deaths-dg/index.html

Yes, the old canard that "more people die in car accidents" is ancient history, not like it's a race to see which one is worse. Gun deaths are increasing every single year, as is violent crime driven by guns.

"people express fear of being a victim of being shot"

People legitimately fear of being a gunshot victim, is what you should be saying. Security at entire school systems in the gun nut states are being completely overhauled because of the real threat of gun massacres. There are entire US cities which have become almost uninhabitable because of gun violence. What you're really "just saying" is simply diversionary bullshit.

[raccoon]

8. +1000

[VMA131Marine]

9. That's why I made the comment about averages 🤦🏻

Statistics are obviously of no comfort if you happen to be the one-in-a-million.

[lostnfound]

13. Suppose you have ten friends you know and love, and each one has ten friends they know and love

Then every year the chances of you or one of your loved ones OR one of THEIR loved ones GETTING SHOT is 1 in 25.

1,000,000/111 * 365 = 25.

It’s truly not all about any ONE of us. It’s about accepting that all of these lives matter, and that Americans shouldn’t have to get shot more frequently than people in other, KINDER countries.

[Takket]

14. they are vanishingly small... despite being ABSURDLY higher here than anywhere else

[58Sunliner]

3. ................

[niyad]

6. JFC

[Aristus]

11. The 'well-regulated militias' are at it again...