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TheFearAndLoathing t1_j5m2nnq wrote

Reply to comment by spookyghosties in Man who disarmed Monterey Park shooter speaks out: 'Something came over me' by alanzhang34

Not really unless you find yourself in gang activities or plan on using one on yourself.

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Demiansmark t1_j5m4yv2 wrote

I don't think 'everyone' will be exposed to gun violence but saying that you won't unless you're around gangs or have one yourself is incredibly naive.

Personally, I'm early 40s, never owned or wanted to own a firearm or have been involved in 'gangs'. In the last 20 years I've been at a bar where two guys came in with guns and started firing, been mugged at gun point a block away from the University of Florida, been blocks away from a mass shooting (Madden one), and been in an area where guys in truck drove by and shot out the windows of closed businesses. I hope most people don't experience gun violence but it's can certainly find you in all sorts of circumstances.

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TheFearAndLoathing t1_j5m7sa2 wrote

I’m early 30s and haven’t been around any gun violence, and don’t expect to be around any in the next 10 years when I get into my early 40s. I guess we even out then

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Theonetheycallgreat t1_j5m4v27 wrote

Or go to a concert, or shop for groceries, or go out to eat, or go to school, or drive on the highway, or drive on a backroad, or jog on a backroad, or jog on a main road, or walk at night, or walk at day.

At this point in America there is not one activity that is safe from being the target of a shooting.

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TheFearAndLoathing t1_j5m7wrc wrote

Crazy, I’ve been doing all those things for over 30 years now and haven’t been shot at doing any of them and have no worries about being shot doing any of them. Sounds paranoid to worry about something that is statistically very unlikely to happen

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spookyghosties t1_j64aqlf wrote

30 years ago there weren't this many shootings every single day.

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TheFearAndLoathing t1_j64g7nz wrote

Sure, and statistically the majority of those every day shootings are self inflicted or gang related

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