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R Mercer's avatar

The largest number of gun deaths is, IIRC by suicide. This is rarely mentioned or addressed when talking about gun legislation.

https://www.vox.com/2015/10/1/18000510/gun-suicide-homicide-comparison

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Travis's avatar

Yup, but suicide and domestic violence don't affect greater society psychologically the way that stochastic terrorism does. I'm not going to die at a country music concert or place of worship randomly because someone killed themselves or their ex with a handgun. That's why the small numbers hit society to a larger degree than the big numbers do. It's the qualitative difference.

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R Mercer's avatar

Oh, certainly. As always it is the edge cases that garner attention and create confusion, fear, and uncertainty.

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