Everybody’s Lying About the Link Between Gun Ownership and Homicide

Re:Everybody’s Lying About the Link Between Gun Ownership an... by DanBC on Saturday March 24, 2018 @10:47PM (#16670391)

You're saying that the rural community needs guns to stay safe?

Suicide kills more people than murder, and restricting access to means and methods is the first thing you should do to reduce the death rate.

One of the reasons the rural youth suicide rate is so high (double that of urban 10 to 24 year olds) is because of the easy access to guns.

"guns keep people safe" is, frankly, fucking stupid.

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Re:Everybody’s Lying About the Link Between Gun Ownership an... by sarvinc on Sunday March 25, 2018 @01:19PM (#16673209)

A few things. WRT suicides; are you for restricting access to anything used to cause suicide or just firearms?

I’m just now reading this, take it with a grain of salt, but it’s safe to say that firearms are used to keep people safe https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewconten...

I usually try not to enter in to arguments where I know I won’t change my mind. I’m wasting the time of someone who disagrees with me but is willing to exchange ideas. “frankly, fucking stupid” reads like you’re not interested in hearing contrary evidence. It saddens me.

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