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The difference is when a gaggle of young teens take up the sidewalk, I can walk around. When a truck comes barrelling down the road, it damages my hearing and actively threatens to kill me.
Unequal comparison. A gaggle of teens is comparable to a wedding convoy. Slow, loud and annoying.
A truck barreling down the road is like a group of gangbangers threatening to shoot anyone who looks at them funny.
Considering I almost get run over every other day and I've never seen a gun outside of a shooting range I'd say your comparison is unfair.
If we ignore that I live in Europe and not America, we can still look at some statistics:
In 2020 45,222 people died to guns in America.
In the same year 38,824 people died in motor vehicle accidents.
They seem pretty comparable?
"Shooting" was an just example. Think in terms of size and threat of damage. Teens - small car, gang members - truck.
The numbers do seem comparable though.