Gun related deaths per 100k in US: 10.5 <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_countries_by_firearm-r...</a><p>Suicides using gun per 100k population: 6.7 <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;nchs&#x2F;fastats&#x2F;suicide.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;nchs&#x2F;fastats&#x2F;suicide.htm</a><p>So already more than half of the original number is not what you would expect.<p>As a person that moved from Europe, I don&#x27;t see any gun problem in USA. I see severe economical problems, social problems, racial tensions, ideological tensions. Mass shootings do happen, but they are like airplane crashes - exciting for media and common folks, but rather rare.<p>For comparison in US cancer death rate per 100k is : 166.4 <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov&#x2F;deathrates&#x2F;deathrates.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov&#x2F;deathrates&#x2F;deathrates....</a><p>When was the last time when &quot;cancer problem in US&quot; reached Hacker News?