Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-223 days agoCar crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things draws media attention. lemmy.worldimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1534arrow-down133
arrow-up1501arrow-down1imageCar crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things draws media attention. lemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-223 days agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squareLeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down8·23 days agoCar drivers kill more people without even trying than shooters kill. Imagine if the car drivers were actually trying to kill people. Cars are probably a hundred or a thousand times as dangerous as guns if you control for intent.
minus-squareDraedron@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·23 days agoYet cars are not made to kill and have a purpose in everyday life. Guns dont. But sure, I am all for building more public transportation.
minus-squareLeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·23 days agoNobody has ever used a car to accomplish as much good as The Adjuster did
Car drivers kill more people without even trying than shooters kill. Imagine if the car drivers were actually trying to kill people. Cars are probably a hundred or a thousand times as dangerous as guns if you control for intent.
Yet cars are not made to kill and have a purpose in everyday life. Guns dont. But sure, I am all for building more public transportation.
Nobody has ever used a car to accomplish as much good as The Adjuster did