BunniesMan
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Look at the historical homicide rate. It is currently a fraction of what it was a few decades ago. And two thirds of murder victims are male anyway.Really?
This is context I wish we heard for every DV story AND every fatal car accident. The way the media blow these up every news cycle you would think both were getting worse. The media loves causing anxiety in people.
The truth is significantly fewer people are dying in both. Breathalysers and new car technology have made cars safer than ever. Meanwhile, gun control in the 1990s made homes safer than ever.
Of course people still die, even one death is a tragedy. But we will never be able to create a perfectly safe world. Trends matter, context matters, relativism mattes.
We live in one of the safest countries on earth, in the safest time period in human history.