Fab post as usual and made me think of another recent post of yours regarding how used to things we become.
Anyway, thought I’d share some stats with you: Annually, 33.8 people die from dangerous animals each year (average from 16 year recorded). Surprisingly, most are from European honey bee!
Last year 40,166 people died from gun-related violence in the US which is an average of 118/day.
I agree with your Aussie friend who won’t visit until gun laws change. I also think we have to get on with life and be ready for anything 😳
I am not for an instant suggesting that gun violence isn't a major problem. The disparity isn't quite as enormous when you factor in that there are 26 million people down under and 330 million in the US. Gun deaths, mostly preventable, far outweigh animal attacks. My point is that we are not going to sleep at nights to the sound of a war zone. The likelihood of a visitor from Australia getting shot in the US is just not that high. Like the likelihood of a visitor to Australia getting stung to death by bees. We are too busy killing each other to worry about you lot!.
Fab post as usual and made me think of another recent post of yours regarding how used to things we become.
Anyway, thought I’d share some stats with you: Annually, 33.8 people die from dangerous animals each year (average from 16 year recorded). Surprisingly, most are from European honey bee!
Last year 40,166 people died from gun-related violence in the US which is an average of 118/day.
I agree with your Aussie friend who won’t visit until gun laws change. I also think we have to get on with life and be ready for anything 😳
I am not for an instant suggesting that gun violence isn't a major problem. The disparity isn't quite as enormous when you factor in that there are 26 million people down under and 330 million in the US. Gun deaths, mostly preventable, far outweigh animal attacks. My point is that we are not going to sleep at nights to the sound of a war zone. The likelihood of a visitor from Australia getting shot in the US is just not that high. Like the likelihood of a visitor to Australia getting stung to death by bees. We are too busy killing each other to worry about you lot!.