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Topic subjectTBH, I didn't intend to make an A:B comparison
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13036185, TBH, I didn't intend to make an A:B comparison
Posted by flipnile, Tue Jun-21-16 10:58 AM
Cars vs. Guns aren't even close to being in the same category, except for one stat: fatalities.


>Owning a car is relatively MUCH safe than owning a gun because

According to the 2013 stats I used above, 10.3 per 100k die in car accidents in the us, while 3.5 per 100k die in firearms-related incidents. The average citizen is 3x more likely to die in a car accident than a shooting. I'm not trying to compare the two AT ALL except for this one stat. In terms of risk, there's a much greater one from autos than guns.

Knowing this, I do wonder why people get so worked up over guns, yet text away while operating a vehicle and act like it's no big deal. And it makes me question whether they truly care about making this country safer, or if they are motivated more by what they *feel* personally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in_U.S._by_year
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States