[chrshawkes]

While there is most definitely a gun issue in the USA, that Wikipedia article said less than 200 have actually died in all of those mass shootings this year. As the third most populated country with over 320 million people, the chances of being involved in a mass shooting scrape is still astronomically small compared to keeling over from a heart attack due to too much McDonalds and CNN.

[hello_moto]

"while there's an issue, but only 200 out of 300 mill people died".

You count the number of people who got killed. You should also included the number of people who "almost" got killed (paralyzed), traumatized, etc.

Somehow your statement also made the whole thing looks "insignificant". I'm not sure why that is because in other countries, there will be a huge uproar leading to change in laws and regulations to the point of banning.

[kevincrane]

And nearly 800 have been shot in mass shootings, that's wild for a country as developed as ours (and that's ignoring individual instances of gun violence, and how easy and catastrophic it makes suicide and domestic violence).

[chrshawkes]

It's alarming but there are a few items on this list ahead of gun violence. http://www.businessinsider.com/us-gun-death-murder-risk-stat...