I was trying to think like an actuary (the people that predict numbers vs. accidents by type among other things.) I am not gifted at maths. You've been warned.
The US population recently numbered 314, 395, 013 souls. Which was said to be a delight to nerds as it equals Pi times 100 million. Good for them!
Now, if we assume that one-third of the population is babies and numbers 103,750,035; another third is people too old to handle a weapon then one-third of the population is left.
The people that are the right age to commit shootings. If we remove .05% of that population as barking mad/ clinically insane, then we have 51,875,175 potential assasins.
Since apparently any wing nut can buy a gun, all we can do is settle back and wait for the next massacre. Welcome to life in America.
But... it's just such a pity that they don't shoot themselves FIRST.
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