How about a thought experiment...
MASS
SHOOTING
People Murdered
97
Source: FBI [2019]
DRUNK DRIVING
Passengers, Pedestrians &
Other
Motorists Killed
4,428
Source: NHTSA [2020]
excludes the
drunk
driver, if they died in the crash.
That means 45 times more innocent people are killed by drunk drivers than mass murderers.
Ok, but what if we look at ALL deaths
(murders, suicides, etc.)
GUN
RELATED DEATHS
84,031
Source: CDC [2019]
ALCOHOL
RELATED
DEATHS
321,300
Source: CDC [2019]
Almost 4 times more deaths are Alcohol related...
Shouldn't we be more concerned about Alcohol's effect on society?
Section here on news articles?
You're probably a bit
uncomfortable about this comparison.
Have you driven drunk? 1 in 6 people in the US have.
(need
statistics here)
Have you ever shot someone? Probably not. of the 22
million
firearms owners, only 1 in 1000 are involved in a
shooting.
(need statistics here)