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Re:Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ by e40 on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @04:53PM (#16749044)
What is your risk of death from a gun in the US compared to, say, riding a bicycle? Much less.

http://www.businessinsider.com/mass-shooting-gun-statistics-...

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Re:Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ by adambard on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @04:54PM (#16749067)
To be fair, the US isn't noted for being especially good at bicycle safety either.
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Re:Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ by mpweiher on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @04:58PM (#16749125)
Headline reads: "Americans are more likely to die from gun violence than many leading causes of death combined"

Gun violence is far, far ahead of riding a bicycle. And no I don't particularly care if the bullet that kills me is part of a single shooting or a mass shooting.

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Re:Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ by btian on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @05:09PM (#16749271)
Did you read the article?

It says Assault by gun - 1 in 315

Bicycling - 1 in 4030

So cycling is 10x safer.

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Re:Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ by e40 on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @09:44AM (#16754584)
I was looking at the "mass" shooting number in the linked article, but you're right.
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