There are 300 million plus people in the us. Take the number of random mass shootings this year and do a little math. The answer will be rare.
LOL - so, over 200 a year is... rare?
Not been 200. I'm not counting the day to day shootings and neither are you. We have 2 or 3 El Paso's every single day in the country. Hell, I bet in Chicago, you've had 3 day weeksends with close to the same number killed. I believe we've had maybe 4 or perhaps 5 random mass shootings.We're talking about occurrences, not deaths, mark.
Sure, 4 or 5 occurrences. If we're talking about oh, let's say a year comprised of 365.25 days, then over 200 occurrences in that time frame is - common.
Than a drivers license??? Millions of people drive millions of miles per day constantly interacting with others. How many accidents across the nation are there everyday? 50,000? No idea. The vast vast majority of all guns sit unused for months or years at a time.
Where did 99.9999% come from? It’s an obvious made up number to prove a point. But again do the math. I read there are an estimated 55 million semi auto rifles in US.
You read that where? You mean to say that over 15% of all guns in this country are assault rifles? You sure about that?
If there are 300 million plus guns in the US, 55 million semi auto rifles seems reasonable to me. The NSSF says it's more like 15 million (20 if you include all law enforcement).
http://www.thetrace.org/2018/09/how-many-assault-weapons-in-the-us/So, using your made up number, only 15 assault rifles have been used to commit mass shootings. Well, yeah, maybe this year.... smh.
Actually, I think the real percentage is probably 99.999998667%.
My excel file tells me 4 as a percent of 300 million is .000001333%
5 is .000001667% 6 is .000002%. 15 is .000005%
So yea, I'd say semi auto rifles used in random mass shootings is a pretty rare occurrence. I fully realize that if you're one of those, numbers like that don't matter. But I read 815 kids under 14 drown in pools every year. I see no call to ban pools. We have regulations, inspections, some place legislate lifeguards, etc....