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Originally Posted by Cape Cod Todd
When we talk about dangerous things like cars and the deaths they cause it is easy to make the leap to guns.
In both cases of cars and guns it is generally the fault of the person behind the wheel or trigger that is either impaired in some way or stupid and they cannot relate to the danger that reckless actions can cause.
Why do we hear more about gun deaths including those mass shootings when just as many if not more innocent people are killed everyday on the road in accidents caused by impaired distracted drivers?
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Cars are much deadlier than guns. According to this "only" 475 people died from gun violence in the US in 2015 and 1,870 were injured:
Guns in the US: The statistics behind the violence - BBC News
On the other hand, the coffins on wheels killed 38,300 Americans and injured 4.4 million!!!!:
2015 Traffic Fatalities Rose By Largest Percent In 50 Years, Safety Group Says : The Two-Way : NPR
I don't know why people worry about terrorism. How many Americans were killed because of terrorist attacks? I did not look but I don't even remember if there were true terrorist attacks in the continental US in 2015. If there were, they probably were very small...