The whole point is that doing nothing to address the underlying problem that shootings happen is better than doing active shooter drills to “address the underlying problem that ‘shootings happen’”. (Note the nested scare quotes; it is not actually the case that “shootings happen” in any meaningful sense, and it is definitely not the case that “active shooter drills address the problem that shootings happen”.)
This is one of those cases where the answer to “We can’t just do nothing!!” is “Yes, we can, and should, do nothing.”
it is not actually the case that “shootings happen” in any meaningful sense,
School shootings happen, and much more in the US than other countries.
The whole point is that doing nothing to address the underlying problem that shootings happen is better than doing active shooter drills to “address the underlying problem
And both are much worse than actually addressing the underlying problem.
The whole point is that doing nothing to address the underlying problem that shootings happen is better than doing active shooter drills to “address the underlying problem that ‘shootings happen’”. (Note the nested scare quotes; it is not actually the case that “shootings happen” in any meaningful sense, and it is definitely not the case that “active shooter drills address the problem that shootings happen”.)
This is one of those cases where the answer to “We can’t just do nothing!!” is “Yes, we can, and should, do nothing.”
School shootings happen, and much more in the US than other countries.
And both are much worse than actually addressing the underlying problem.
Zvi addressed this in the OP:
In other words: no, school shootings pretty much don’t happen, for all practical purposes.
If C > A and C > B, that is, actually, irrelevant to the question of whether A > B.
Or, rather, much like winning the lottery, it does happen, but it doesn’t happen to you.