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There's a very significant correlation between eliminating firearms and reducing suicide. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 04/10/2017 07:54:27 AM

In other countries. Australia witnessed a staggering decline in suicides after their gun control went into effect.

From the linked study: "In the 18 years before the gun law reforms, there were 13 mass shootings in Australia, and none in the 10.5 years afterwards. Declines in firearm-related deaths before the law reforms accelerated after the reforms for total firearm deaths (p = 0.04), firearm suicides (p = 0.007) and firearm homicides (p = 0.15), but not for the smallest category of unintentional firearm deaths, which increased. No evidence of substitution effect for suicides or homicides was observed. The rates per 100 000 of total firearm deaths, firearm homicides and firearm suicides all at least doubled their existing rates of decline after the revised gun laws."

You say the highest rates of gun deaths are in Democrat-run urban areas, as though that's some sort of point in your favor. Doesn't it follow that the people who experience the most gun violence would be the ones to seek remedies for it?

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Las Vegas shooter had 12 guns modified with bump-stocks TheCrownless - 04/10/2017 03:15:33 AM 1303 Views
The House Bill the SHARE Act also was going to legalize Armor Piercing Bullets has 212 cosponsors Roland00 - 04/10/2017 05:38:08 AM 808 Views
Bump stocks are considered legal because they are not mechanical devices and... damookster - 04/10/2017 06:01:31 AM 580 Views
Yup *NM* TheCrownless - 05/10/2017 02:55:59 AM 270 Views
Hold your fire. Nargs - 04/10/2017 06:39:03 AM 732 Views
There's a very significant correlation between eliminating firearms and reducing suicide. Ghavrel - 04/10/2017 07:54:27 AM 747 Views
Wrong Nargs - 04/10/2017 08:50:24 AM 549 Views
Did you actually look at the graph you posted? Ghavrel - 05/10/2017 10:01:09 AM 558 Views
looks like the study was structured more for politics than science random thoughts - 04/10/2017 02:33:59 PM 615 Views
People are more complicated than airplanes and buildings, so the science is more complicated as well Ghavrel - 05/10/2017 10:03:45 AM 495 Views
Studies show that 90% of studies show what the person doing the study wanted to prove random thoughts - 05/10/2017 12:09:51 PM 501 Views
The statistic in the article I linked below for nossy says 75% of gun deaths in 5% of ZIP codes. Tom - 04/10/2017 06:15:15 PM 566 Views
We have an audio of the attack and that was little better than a round a second random thoughts - 04/10/2017 02:21:35 PM 594 Views
good point damookster - 04/10/2017 03:57:37 PM 605 Views
I wouldn't oppose banning bump-stocks but I am not it would have changed the out come here random thoughts - 04/10/2017 06:11:27 PM 473 Views
me too damookster - 04/10/2017 06:41:55 PM 632 Views
Re: I wouldn't oppose banning bump-stocks but I am not it would have changed the out come here *NM* random thoughts - 05/10/2017 03:28:06 AM 291 Views
Why edit when you can double post? *NM* random thoughts - 05/10/2017 03:36:22 AM 292 Views
Easy enough to ban both. *NM* TheCrownless - 05/10/2017 02:59:15 AM 262 Views
and blocking stuff like that is one of the reasons I don't support the NRA random thoughts - 05/10/2017 06:37:36 PM 596 Views
I found this article interesting. nossy - 04/10/2017 03:22:20 PM 806 Views
It was an interesting article (here comes the "but" damookster - 04/10/2017 03:43:13 PM 558 Views
Don't talk about my butt nossy - 04/10/2017 06:00:58 PM 575 Views
would I do that? damookster - 04/10/2017 06:39:37 PM 534 Views
of course most people should be more worried about being shot by a family memeber random thoughts - 04/10/2017 06:31:05 PM 490 Views
Many won't fear it unless they've seen it happen. nossy - 04/10/2017 06:38:03 PM 570 Views
Re: Many won't fear it unless they've seen it happen. nossy - 04/10/2017 06:51:09 PM 546 Views
My nephew wasn't Child when he shot himself. random thoughts - 05/10/2017 03:35:37 AM 497 Views
Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest it's only small children. nossy - 05/10/2017 11:13:22 AM 537 Views
Sorry if I came off as be offended random thoughts - 05/10/2017 12:14:32 PM 533 Views
This is getting very apologetic. nossy - 05/10/2017 12:21:43 PM 545 Views
Re: Sorry if I came off as be offended *NM* random thoughts - 09/10/2017 08:38:11 PM 264 Views
This article questions the findings of that. PS - Vox is really biased. Tom - 04/10/2017 06:08:44 PM 718 Views
the problem is the stats on the US ignore facts that don't sell the narrative random thoughts - 04/10/2017 06:23:48 PM 611 Views
Thanks. nossy - 04/10/2017 06:24:40 PM 509 Views
There's nothing wrong with an AR-15 per se. It's a good hunting rifle. Tom - 04/10/2017 06:02:56 PM 597 Views
I live in Alabama, but I've never owned a gun, and could never understand the use of an AR15... TyrReborn - 04/10/2017 06:55:26 PM 564 Views
I knew a guy in Florida who also hunted wild boar. damookster - 04/10/2017 06:58:44 PM 541 Views
It's also great for killing dozens of people in a crowd from a 32 story window TheCrownless - 05/10/2017 02:58:48 AM 506 Views
no it isn't random thoughts - 05/10/2017 03:50:09 AM 572 Views
Nothing was done after 20 or so little kids were slaughtered at Sandy Hook. Vodalus - 04/10/2017 11:14:26 PM 502 Views
It's the same debate from the same place we were then.... Jeordam - 04/10/2017 11:24:28 PM 501 Views
That was a rhetorical question. *NM* Vodalus - 04/10/2017 11:32:48 PM 300 Views
"None of the proposed ideas would have stopped the incident." TheCrownless - 05/10/2017 03:01:55 AM 493 Views
Personal rights are more important than incidental murders. Cannoli - 06/10/2017 11:46:44 PM 583 Views
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