On Halloween, Uzbek-born Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov allegedly murdered eight people and injured 12 with a rented truck in New York City. If the death toll from the New York attack doesn’t rise, a total of 3,037 people have been murdered on U.S. soil by 182 foreign-born terrorists from 1975 through October 31, 2017.
All these deaths are tragedies, no doubt. But some comparisons are warranted.
Since 1970, an American’s chance of being killed by a terrorist in the U.S. is one in four million per year. Since September 11, 2001, it is one in 50 million per year.
In the years since 9/11, jihadist terrorists have killed about six people a year within the U.S. — including the recent atrocity in Manhattan.
Meanwhile, lightning kills about 46 people a year, deer-caused car accidents another 150, and drownings in bathtubs around 300.
