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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No I don’t worry but I also don’t watch Fox News.

I also don’t worry about terrorism in NYC or gang violence when I’m visiting Chicago and Baltimore. [/quote]

OP, although terrorism ranks fairly low on the list of things likely to kill you in the US or Europe, I'm not so sure that having your head in the sand like many posters is a good thing. They obviously have a pro-muslim agenda and will downplay any type of Islamic extremist terrorism like ISIS.  Apparently they conveniently forgot about the Paris attack in 2015, which was the deadliest terrorist attack in French history. The Bastille Day attack was only a few years ago as well. [/quote]

Statistically it makes far more sense to worry about men with guns in the US than about terrorism in Europe.[/quote]

And automobile accidents are a much bigger threat, though that is hardly mentioned because of some peoples obsession with guns and gun control. [/quote]

False analogy. You can control a lot when it comes to cars. Car make, how you drive, when you drive, etc. are all significant contributing factors to auto accidents. With guns, you cannot control anything, except perhaps by living in states with stricter gun laws, as they have decreased rates of gun death. Therefore as far as worries about events that can harm me, I worry far more about US gun violence.

Wrong. You can control a lot with gun violence. Don't live in an area where the vast majority of homicides occur (SE DC). Don't deal drugs. Don't join a gang. Don't resist someone who is robbing you. It doesn't really matter because you are more likely to get killed in a car accident anyway.

I realize the pro-gun lobby wants to make this car analogy a thing, but it stretches credibility.[/quote][/quote]

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