[showsover]

The one before that was in 2008, so a good 16 years between the two. I.e. not something people ever have to think about.

[jojobas]

All "active shootings" (mostly not school shootings) in the US kill only about twice as many people per year as lightning strikes. Pretty sure not many people think about those.

[pjc50]

It's wild that mass murder is just treated like weather over there. Occasional rain of lead.

[physicsguy]

There's not really anything that can be done about lightning strikes.

[coldtea]

Fewer victims than earthquakes too.

No sane society would be comforted by the fact an active mass murdering act is "just twice as bad" as some natural phenomenon.