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In reply to the discussion: Americans worry more about gun violence than losing their jobs [View all]slackmaster
(60,567 posts)10. It's clearly a result of misleading vividness in media coverage of selected violent crimes
If people worried about things in proportion to the actual risk they posed, they would worry a lot more about motor vehicle accidents, poisoning, and slip/fall injuries than they do about crime.
People are FAR more likely to die of cancer than to be murdered; and terrorist attacks are so rare that worrying about them at all makes no sense.
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I am not comfortable in movie theaters & it IS difficult to put out of my mind. nt
patrice
Feb 2013
#1
For some of us, it is simply a matter of freedom of association. Why would others carry guns unless
patrice
Feb 2013
#8
You just proved my point: You think GUNS are the same as FIRE EXTINGUISHERS so YOU ARE DANGEROUS.
patrice
Feb 2013
#19
You're the one who said they should be regarded as enough alike that there is no need to treat them
patrice
Feb 2013
#23
If guns were the same as seat-belts why are there any guns at all, why don't you just carry a
patrice
Feb 2013
#20
Echoing my questions back to me only shows you don't have any original questions of your own AND
patrice
Feb 2013
#21
Hello? Hello? WHAT ARE GUNS USED FOR? Q. Why are people carrying them everywhere? A. Danger.
patrice
Feb 2013
#18
But there are differences in the functions of those three objects in response to danger. It isn't
patrice
Feb 2013
#27
You're not going to get your way on this, patrice. There will always be a possibility that somone...
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#29
Say that sort of thing to the kid who was shot outside of some club on the east side of my city
patrice
Feb 2013
#32
I'll take a wild guess that the kid wasn't shot by someone who was carrying a gun legally
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#33
You may know more about those probabilities, but PLEASE consider that not much of that matters
patrice
Feb 2013
#34
Americans are not very good at math, and they stink at probabilities, so this isn't
jtuck004
Feb 2013
#9
It's not just Americans. Humans in general are not very good at understanding probability.
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#11
Tru dat. Not entirely bad, has to do with stuff deep in our brain that protects us from
jtuck004
Feb 2013
#13
One of my friends from undergraduate days now has a PhD in Epidemiology. He has a very different...
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#14
It's clearly a result of misleading vividness in media coverage of selected violent crimes
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#10
actually you just dont know how terrifying it is. much higher on my fear scale.
robinlynne
Feb 2013
#43
Sorry if that seemed insensitive, robinlynne. I have been laid off numerous times, and dead broke
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#46
Of course. If one is shot dead, losing their job is the last thing on their mind
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#31