> That would be like saying you're afraid of the Islamic terrorism amok on the streets of Europe.
Whole Europe has had 1 incident in 2019, 7 in 2018 and 10 in 2017/2016. Even with record 17 incidents in 2015, five years of Islamist terror together don't even come close to one average year of school shootings in the US, and are a blip compared to one year of mass shootings in the US.
Of course, morally the risk is unacceptable. I would consider one school shooting a year too high. Let alone the 17 deaths due to guns in schools in 2019.
And as was pointed out previously, the security theater (shooter drills, etc) are traumatizing. I am appalled at this aspect of America.
But, despite what you see on the news, most Americans are not exposed to guns on any kind of a regular basis.
As far the school deaths, they are appalling but I am sure many more children die each year due to asthma attacks, food allergies, etc. I do not excuse our gun situation but it should be viewed in perspective. Again, I do agree that one gun death is too many.
That would be like saying you're afraid of the Islamic terrorism amok on the streets of Europe.