HasiraKali wrote:The Spirit of Life wrote:Canada and Australia have each had seven mass shootings in the past 20 years. The U.S. has had seven mass shootings since the beginning of 2016. Something needs to change.
I'm sorry for the double post, but we've actually had 7... since last Monday. There have been over 125 so far this year. True, some of them had no fatalities, and they certainly didn't have as many victims, but it makes no difference. We have a gun problem. It's ridiculous.
http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting
Australia population is 23.13 million. Seven shootings / twenty years / 23.13 million people is
1.51e-8 shootings per person per year.
Canada population is 35.16 million. Seven shootings / twenty years / 35.13 million people is
9.96e-9 shootings per person per year.
US population is 318.9 million. Seven shootings / one-half year / 318.9 million people is
4.39e-8 shootings per person per year.
As such, our problem is really only around 4x as bad. Yes, it is worse, but it's not THAT much worse. Perspective is important.