Xencovia wrote:Mithea III wrote:Epidemic means widespread occurrence (for diseases really, but we get the context). I wouldn't consider American mass shootings an epidemic even if you multiplied the people who have died in them by 5.
For me even 1 person dying from a gunshot is a lot, so I guess all those thousands multiplied by 5 for you isn't too many to give a fuck
You and another man in front of you have a gun. There are three other men in front of him. He is told that he will die if he doesn't kill those three men. Of course, being human, he goes to kill them. You could save the three men's lives by killing the man in front of you. No matter what you choose, every option has a consequence. So no, the people who have died in mass shootings in the last 12 months (which is nowhere near 1000) doesn't compare to giving up the right to bear arms, which doesn't mean mass shootings would go away anyways.