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202markb t1_j3loify wrote

Reply to comment by Macrophage87 in Car owners are always made to be a villain. by [deleted]

Quibble- Nationally more people die of auto accidents, but not in dc. If memory serves Dc auto deaths are around 20-30/yr, firearm deaths are about 10x that.

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Macrophage87 t1_j3loysp wrote

Most of those firearm deaths are between people who have extensive criminal records, rather than against the general public. While the statistics writ large might look that way, I'd argue that the risks to the general public are higher from cars. There aren't that many 'civilian' deaths. However, most areas that have high car risk also have high gun risk, namely the part east of the Anacostia River.

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202markb t1_j3lqpdp wrote

You appear to have some faulty assumptions about the nature and geographic distribution of gun deaths. Here: https://dcwitness.org/interactive-map/ FYI you can use this same map to geolocate vehicular deaths. If you do so you will note that they also are concentrated EOTR.

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