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reason #2 why I would never visit that country
(#1 is the mass shootings and gun mania)
(tbh the only thing I'd want to visit to begin with are the giant sequoia in California)
How... how much gun violence do you think actually happens here?
There's a lot by number, and that's a serious fucking issue, but the US is also massive. It's not a regular or frequent danger of normal life here.
Even those numbers are pumped up by the fact that suicide by gun is counted in the exact same "gun violence" statistics as gang violence, and the "school shootings" statistics include all from the "gun violence" stats that occur within a certain radius around, regardless of when it happened (summer break, middle of the night, etc) or if it was any danger to students.
News overfocuses on shit like that because it pulls eyes and clicks, and therefore ad revenue.
Again, it is a serious fucking problem, but it's not the kind of thing you're going to experience in daily life or as a tourist.
Relax there's plenty of other reasons to not visit your shithole country
Yeah, hence why I didn't say anything to counter anything else, or that it was a good place to visit anytime soon.
Got any other mindblowing facts for us?
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