How about teen deaths from their driving? Inexperience, alcohol, egos, cell phones,,,,
But if we banned autos the US would shut down before adopting horse and buggy. Some central PA residents might not notice but a large part of the population would.
Sadly, there will be dozens of shootings in Chicago and other cities this holiday and most won’t make the news circuit let alone pull the headlines these other shootings have. Lack of oppty, lack of parenting, gangs, drugs, lots of reasons for those shootings that aren’t centered around guns but that doesn’t fit the shock and awe narrative. No one will be shocked if 30-50 people die in Chicago like they will in small town USA. We just turn a blind eye to those shootings as if they are normal.