That number seems incomprehensible, and absolutely gut-wrenching. The fact we have to continue down this path of generational PTSD and survivor syndrome is maddening and heartbreaking.
Yeah, I am expecting fireworks displays being a thing of the past in a few years.
Drone light shows are really cool I guess.
Also better for wildlife and pets.
I know of a friend that had their dog jump out of 6 story apartment because of fireworks in the area. It did not end well.
That’s seems high. I know way more than 15 people and none of them have seen a mass shooting
Depressing counterpoint: some people know a whole schools worth of people who has seen a mass shooting.
Fair point
Awful. Headline number still seems high when there's hundreds of millions in the USA.
considering theres an average of 1 school shooting per week and another couple hundred of mass shootings per year in america, it seems quite believable to me, especially since one shooting can have hundreds of witnesses.
I mean do those numbers add up? Even at one per week, that's like 52 per year on average? Each of em would have to have 10s of millions to add up to 1/15 of US population.
well, lets assume we only count school shootings, the average school having 500+ students, each year there should around be +25.000 people who have witnessed a school shooting. the average age being 40 in america you can increase that number to lets say 1mil people who have witnessed a school shooting, as a gross estimate. yeah 1/15th is gonna be tough to reach even if you added all other mass shootings as i doubt they have 500+ witnesses each time. youre probably right
Not of it’s over an average lifespan, or even just adulthood. 50 years of mass shootings gets us a lot closer to 1/15th, even assuming some of the people have witnessed more than one.
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