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So you're agreeing that you're not going to get killed?

Seems like an extremely low bar?

It would be safe to assume that for every random (non gang related) person who is killed there are many times more assaulted or robbed.

The violent crime rate for Chicago seems to be 639.7 / 100,000[1]. The united states seems to be 380.7 / 100,000[2], so it's not even double the average. This also makes Chicago safer than DC, and the entire states of New Mexico, Alaska, and Arkansas[2]. How many people are scared of going to Alaska due to all the violent crime?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Chicago [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...

You're probably not going to get killed in an actual war either, I would still want a gun and worry about what others might do with theirs.

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