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It's not literally as low as the risk of falling victim to a terror attack in Europe, but statistically the risk is pretty much negligible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_th...

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.



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