Comment on Car crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things is treated as a safety crisis in the media

davidagain@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They are not alike. It’s a dumb comparison. Transport (albeit flawed) brings many more advantages than shooting people. That’s why people accept cars more than guns.

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  • Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And yet a drivers license requires a lot more than a gun.

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    • Taldan@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Driver’s license requirements honestly should be much higher

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      • Kickforce@europe.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I’m a European and in my country driving tests are really hard and it takes a lot of very motivated people 3 or more tries and the better part of a year of frequent training to get a license. When I hear Americans talking about their driving test, most of them didn’t even get on the road and did the test on a separate test terrain. All they need is knowing what a traffic sign is and being nearly able to use their highly automated car. The difference in required knowledge and ability is staggering.

        Add to that the tendency to drive huge and heavy SUV 's and trucks that are highly dangerous to other road users and you get an extremely deadly situation.

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      • Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I yup. But a gun license should be higher too.

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  • davidagain@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I agree it was a dumb comparison to start off with.

    I wasn’t the one who made it, but the license issue is the logical conclusion if OP insists on the comparison.

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  • Taldan@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    America has ~280M cars, and ~500M guns

    Americans, at least, are very accepting of guns. There’s a reason the fatality rate is so high

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    • IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Sorry let me clear that up. I meant people are more accepting of the deaths that cars cause compared to guns

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