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Oof... Man, to live in the US. I don't envy you guys, though things aren't really going the right direction here in the Netherlands, either.
Your perceptions about the experience of the average American are a long way from accurate. You might want to take a hard look at the media you're consuming.
EDIT: I have now discovered that the fastest way to kick the Lemmy hornet's nest is to say you aren't living in constant terror of being mowed down at random. How do you people function out in public? Do you even go out in public? This place is a fucking hole.
Media bias is one thing for sure, but there are data showing that gun related death are much higher in the USA than whole of Europe (except, well... Ukraine).
Gun related death per 100k inhabitants, in 2019: USA=10, Netherlands=0.5. Gun deaths by country - WorldPopulationReview.com
I'm not arguing that, especially because that figure includes suicides.
I've noticed that (especially on Lemmy) people outside the US think we're dodging bullets as we go about our days. Really, everybody is just doing their own thing and minding their own business.
You know no one thinks that
Are you high? Is this your first day on Lemmy?
Cool more shit no one believes. Feel better now?
I'm american. Bold of you to think I have access to psychiatric care. Oh wait no that was just the MeDiA telling me that I don't, not my decades of life experience
Whoosh