It's a combination of the likelihood of an event occurring, and the consequences of an event occurring. While it's far more likely that I'll experience a fender-bender driving to work, the consequences of being shot in the head are far more serious. Both are taken into consideration when you evaluate what is an acceptable risk.
What's more, driving in a motor vehicle is (or is likely) a requirement of my being able to have a job. But except in isolated cases, such as working in law enforcement, possessing a firearm at the workplace is not a requirement of my being able to have a job. So I'm being asked to evaluate the risks of having firearms in my workplace in the context of their being no actual benefit to me.
And before you remind me that people die in auto accidents (from the "Department of No Shit Sherlock"
, FAR MORE people drive in vehicles every day than possess a firearm. And while the number of vehicular deaths has plunged in the past decade, the number of firearm deaths has shown an increase.
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