Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 year agoRule of 400lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down10
arrow-up1116arrow-down1imageRule of 400lemmy.blahaj.zoneUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoHere’s a good study on gunshoot statistics thay include nonletal gunshot wounds: https://www.theactuarymagazine.org/firearm-risk/
minus-squareEiim@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhich comes out to about 1/7 of a person in that room being shot per year.
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYea, if 1/400 people were shot a day, nearly everyone would have been shot by the time they were 2.
minus-squarecantsurf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBut its not as shocking if I say that there are a million people in the room and one gets shot per day! (But I mean, that still seems significant to me.) In their example, almost everybody is getting shot every year. Happy birthday, BLAM!
Here’s a good study on gunshoot statistics thay include nonletal gunshot wounds:
https://www.theactuarymagazine.org/firearm-risk/
Which comes out to about 1/7 of a person in that room being shot per year.
Yea, if 1/400 people were shot a day, nearly everyone would have been shot by the time they were 2.
But its not as shocking if I say that there are a million people in the room and one gets shot per day! (But I mean, that still seems significant to me.)
In their example, almost everybody is getting shot every year. Happy birthday, BLAM!