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CharlestonSC

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Of all the things to be anxious about ... love life, school, greek life,


...gun violence?

How many random cold blooded (I.e. not the result of a feud, altercation, etc) college shootings have there been in the last 20 years that resulted in a death? Five? Maybe?

Let's go with 5 in 20 years ... 1 per 4 years ... So chances are there will be one college shooting at ANY college during your 4 years. The chances of it being at YOUR college AND you being 1 of the handful people (out of tens of thousands) caught up in it are incalculably small. Your odds are probably higher of dying in a car crash just limited to next week than a cold blooded school shooting over 4 years. If these kids are so worried, they should stop texting and driving.

I don't mean to sound insensitive about gun violence - which is a real problem - but taking years off your life worrying or getting hooked on anxiety meds (legalize weed, VA Dems!) is statistically doing much more damage to these kids health than gun violence is likely to.

(In response to this post by Mg234)

Posted: 11/11/2019 at 7:55PM



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