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Originally Posted by
vegas1369
Just want to correct something. I was very misleading with this quote. The odds of being killed by a firearm in this country PER YEAR are roughly 1/25,000. In a lifetime it's more like 1/358.
We're fucked!

Where did this list come from? I'm not sure I believe it.
Hard to believe only about 14% of the population dies from cancer and heart attacks COMBINED.
The gun violence statistic is also a bit misleading. In 2013, there were about 11,000 murders in the US, which was about a 1 in 28,500 chance for each citizen on average (close to your 1/25,000 figure).
However, the average citizen has a MUCH lesser chance than that of dying from gun violence.
This is because the vast majority of murders in the US occur as a result of criminal-on-criminal situations or violence between spouses/lovers/ex-lovers. Also, a large percentage of murders take place in impoverished/dangerous neighborhoods.
So if you don't get yourself involved with dangerous criminals, don't date someone with a high potential for violence, and stay out of the ghetto, your chances of being murdered are quite small.
It's a behavior-related statistic. It's similar to your risk of contracting AIDS. If you are a heterosexual man in the US who doesn't do intravenous drugs, your chances of contracting it are very low. This was even true in the '80s and '90s, when AIDS rates in the US were much higher.