These mass shootings in the US are really scaring me!

[Hardkill]

I've already made posts on different parts of this forum about this crisis my country has been having since 2020.

These mass shooting are really scaring me and making me wonder where I should live, where should I work, where should I meet new people and date girls, and much more.

I know that there's no such thing as 100% safety, but I feel like that would be such a cliche considering how crazy the gun violence in America seems to have gotten. I wonder if I should buy a gun to protect myself considering that military, law enforcement, and the rest of the government have been failing to get a handle on these mass shootings. 

How do most people stay calm and hopeful in such times?

[ZenAlex]

10 hours ago, Hardkill said:

I've already made posts on different parts of this forum about this crisis my country has been having since 2020.

These mass shooting are really scaring me and making me wonder where I should live, where should I work, where should I meet new people and date girls, and much more.

I know that there's no such thing as 100% safety, but I feel like that would be such a cliche considering how crazy the gun violence in America seems to have gotten. I wonder if I should buy a gun to protect myself considering that military, law enforcement, and the rest of the government have been failing to get a handle on these mass shootings. 

How do most people stay calm and hopeful in such times?

They don't think it will happen to them I guess.

[integral]

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To calculate the likelihood of a random school in the United States having a school shooting, we would need to know the total number of schools and the number of school shootings in a given year. According to the National Center for Education Statistics2, there were about 130,930 public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States in 2019-20. Using the average number of school shootings from 2013 to 2021, we can estimate that the probability of a random school having a school shooting in a year is about 0.066% or 1 in 1,500.

^^ ChatGPT

[Hardkill]

On 5/14/2023 at 6:29 AM, integral said:

^^ ChatGPT

 

On 5/14/2023 at 5:29 AM, ZenAlex said:

They don't think it will happen to them I guess.

But isn't worrisome that the mass shootings have gotten to historic levels over the last few years?

[Roy]

There really isn't much productivity to be had by worrying about this stuff. Your best bet is to live your own life and if you're REALLY uncomfortable go move to some rural quiet place. There are lots of peaceful places in the world.

The mass shootings in the US are childs play compared to a lot of things that happen in the world on a daily basis. Notice how you're selectively ignoring them and they don't even garner a thought.

It doesn't cost that much money to move if you really want to. It just takes a few thousand dollars and some willpower and you can be in a completely different place in the world.

 

 

[meta_male]

On 14.5.2023 at 3:29 AM, Hardkill said:

I wonder if I should buy a gun to protect myself considering that military, law enforcement, and the rest of the government have been failing to get a handle on these mass shootings. 

It could definitely make you feel a little more safe. Just owning a gun won't protect you much though. So, unless you're willing to put in time and energy into shooting, cleaning and maintaining your gun there's no point. It would be better for you to address your anxiety of losing your life. Your mind is fabricating very unpleasant stories around that.

[Roy]

2 hours ago, RebornConsciousness said:

A few thousand dollars a month, you mean. Unless you plan on living in Thailand

It costs money to live anywhere. I was saying moving isn't some incredibly difficult endeavor like a lot of people make it out to be.

If you really want to do it it can happen quite easily.

Edited May 16, 2023 by Roy

[integral]

19 hours ago, Hardkill said:

But isn't worrisome that the mass shootings have gotten to historic levels over the last few years?

Personally id never live in the US but this issue isn't even in the top 10. 

Edited May 16, 2023 by integral

[soos_mite_ah]

Yeah I get the concern. 

There was one a little more than a week ago near where I live in a place I frequent at. I had friends who had family members who were there that day and saw everything and knew one of the victims. I'm still shaken up by this as it's hitting so close to home. I think it's a normal response to be concerned about this due to the frequency and due to the possiblity that it can happen anywhere. It also means you're not completely desensitized. 

Sure there are worse things happening (you can say that about literally anything) but that doesn't mean that we downplay or normalize something like this, especially since it's preventable and doesn't happen nearly as much or nearly at the same deadly levels as in the U.S. 

[Hardkill]

10 hours ago, Roy said:

It costs money to live anywhere. I was saying moving isn't some incredibly difficult endeavor like a lot of people make it out to be.

If you really want to do it it can happen quite easily.

But I don't want to live in a rural area of the country. Every part of Rural America, especially in heartland and the South, are dying dumps. Compared to urban or even suburban areas, rural areas have much more limited access to government funded services, don't have a lot of new people including not a lot of new women to meet, much less job opportunities available, and have a lot more ignorant people with archaic and outdated views of the world. According to credible statistics, as a collective, people in rural areas die much sooner than people in urban and suburban areas. Plus, there's much less exciting things to do in a small town that's in the countryside than in a big metropolitan area. 

Actually, if I am not mistaken, according to other legitimate statistics, the inner suburban areas of the US are the safest parts of the country. I tend to agree with that as I used to live in a privileged suburb, which was very safe and comfortable to live in.

[Roy]

9 minutes ago, Hardkill said:

I don't want to live in a rural area of the country

Just because you live in a rural area, doesn't mean you have to live there.