[laurencerowe]

At least according to CDC Wonder, King County has about the same rate of death from assault at 4.8/100k vs 4.9/100k for San Francisco County.

Edit to add: It's not just the absolute levels that I worry about but the effect that ever present gun violence has on society with kids being subjected to frightening active shooter drills in schools that just aren't necessary in other developed countries.

[shepherdjerred]

I don't know. Obviously school shootings are bad. Bad things will always happen as long as humans exist, and these bad things have some impact on children. We'll always want to reduce the amount of harm our children are exposed to.

But, isn't being a child in the United States significantly better than being a child _anywhere else_ 100 years ago? Even with the psychological harm caused by school shootings, hasn't there been a net improvement? I would much rather be a child worrying about a school shooter (with, in reality, a minuscule chance of it physically effecting me) versus being a child during the great depression, either of the world wars, or the cold war.

It's a very logical argument and coming from someone nowhere close to starting a family though; I am sure that most parents might agree but would continue to want their kids to be safer.

I'm not trying to say that none of this matters... I guess what I'm trying to say is that, those kids ended up alright in far worse circumstances, so kids today will be alright too.