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by CJefferson 3427 days ago
Yes, but let's imagine an extreme case... if 1 million people in the US had a 33% chance of being killed by a gun, and everyone else had 0% chance of non-terrorist gun violence, but the chance of a terrorist attack was evenly distributed, it would make sense for 99% of the population to be more afraid of terrorism than guns.

The problem is, that is the world that many people think they live in -- that gun violence is something that happens to "someone else", but terrorism can happen to anyone.