Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds
by abrokenpipe on Friday September 17, 2021 @03:11AM
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Why would you expect that when drunk driving gets practically no attention at all? It's even socially acceptable and joked about within certain cultural circles.
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Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds
by frosted-flakes on Friday September 17, 2021 @03:48AM
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That's exactly my point. Drink driving is not uncommon, to the point where it's acceptable to some parts of society. But no part of society believes intent to kill with a gun is acceptable, yet despite the heavy scrutiny it receives, firearm homicides are still way higher than drunk driving deaths.
I know that these numbers are not directly comparable, but given the deadly nature of automobiles in general, I expected drunk-driving deaths to be somewhere around 50000 per year.