Global Climate Change and the Shooting in El Paso

If we don't solve global climate change, none of our other problems will matter.

That said, the shootings in El Paso were terrible.  They were devastating.  They were horrifying.  For the people involved, they will never recover.  For the people killed … well … they were killed.  Everything that they had was taken from them.  Everything.

But, something my son said got me to thinking.  He said, "I don't want to go into another Walmart."

Twenty-two people were killed in that Walmart.  Out of 3,000 shoppers in the store at the time.  That's a little over .7%.  The population of El Paso is estimated to be 682,699.  That's a little over .003%.  The population of El Paso County was estimated to be 840,758 in 2018.  That's about .0026%.  The population of Texas is estimated to be 29,090,000 in 2019.  That's close to .0000008%.  The population of the United States is estimated to be 329,119,567 in 2019.  That's about .00000007%.

The chances of being shot in a Walmart store are very low.

That's not to say we shouldn't do something about gun violence in the United States.  We should.  But, we shouldn't be afraid of being shot in a Walmart store.

The chances of our children and our grandchildren being affected adversely by global climate change approach 100%.