No, but mass shootings are....
The way things are going they will be. Orlando was 49, now were at 59. When is gonna stop?
There's something like 350,000,000 people in the US. If you add up all the mass shootings, it's still a tiny number of people killed on injured...... probably like 0.0001%...... not accurate math but for sake of argument.
That sounds tiny. And it is.
BUT, what many people don't realize is that compared to other countries, gun killings and mass shootings are probably 10, 50 or 100x worse than other western countries. I don't know which country out there resembles the US the most.... probably Canada.... bu we got a fraction of rate of killings.
Now some people will say it has nothing to do with guns, and it's about drugs or social-eco means. Possibly. But guns play a part too. That's why there are so many gun deaths. It's a tool and just about every idiot can have one, or 10 like the Vegas killer.
To use an extreme example, we should all be allowed carry hand grenades. According to pro-gun users, grenades are safe. The only way they go off is if someone is an idiot or a crook.
Not to me. Idiots will detonate them. Crooks will too. But for the other 95% of people who are sound minded, all it takes is something that affects them (drugs, suicidal thoughts, disgruntled fired employee etc....) and suddenly that nice guy with a hand grenade is now a "don't give a shit about life anymore" guy with a hand grenade. Boom.
And just like guns, there will be accidental detonations. No different than every year some 6 year old US kid got hold of his dad gun when he was sleeping, didn't know better and shoots himself in the head. Again, no gun, no accidental death.