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The number of deaths is around 90 a day in the US. (...) I don't think it's as high as some think.

Right, it's almost as low as the worst killing spree in Norway. Move along, nothing to see here.



OTOH, around 60 people die per hour in the US from cancer.


Motor vehicle accidents kill the young (rarely); cancer and cardiovascular disease kill the old (frequently). Oddly enough, people regard a 4 year old killed by/in a car as a worse outcome than that same 4 year old growing up to be an 89 year old killed by cancer or heart disease.




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