Originally Posted by Eggplant Jeff
Originally Posted by k71021
I bet you have a much higher chance of getting hit by a stray bullet in the good old U.S. of A., never mind the three to four ton SUVs.
Yeah talk about an extreme stereotype. I've lived in the US for... (cuts his leg off and counts the rings) 27 years now and have never seen a gun fired in real life. The only gunshots I've heard have been from legitimate target ranges (I have a friend who lives near a military base). I've known people who have owned guns but they've always kept them locked up etc.
Hardly a stereotype-by any means!
I work at a medical center, 2 of the six trauma patients my shift last night were gunshot victims (3 were motor vehicle crashes, 1 was pedestrian vs motorcycle). Although this is a large teaching hospital, we're probably still 4th down the list as far as recieving trauma victims goes in the city. That means the other 3 hospitals were allready inundated with victims (diverting patients) at the time these folks had there respective misshaps.
The only time there is anything more than a paragraph on page 10 in regards to these shootings, is when someone prominant is involved, or if something super horrific occurs. Babies/children getting shot usually makes the front page, as do multiple fatalities.