RE: Does reading a lot of Wikipedia give people a wrong idea how science works?
October 30, 2023 at 12:16 am
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(October 29, 2023 at 5:12 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(October 23, 2023 at 2:24 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: While mass shootings are tragic, they are very rare. People died in mass shootings represent a tiny fraction (I believe around 2%) of all gun deaths. Even if we take for granted that gun control reduces mass shootings (which is in no way obvious, as Norway and Macedonia have more mass shootings per capita than the US in spite of having much stricter gun laws), it in no way follows that it will do something about the vast majority of gun deaths. For the vast majority of gun deaths, other weapons would be about as effective as guns are.
Three mass shootings in the US today, making 564 this year. How is that ‘very rare’?
Boru
I wonder, how many would constitute a problem that we should, you know, do something about?