Murder by Rifle vs. Death by Meteor

Re:Murder by Rifle vs. Death by Meteor by bifrost on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:09PM (#21276494)

Suicide isn't violence and its ableist to claim otherwise, that statistic mangling needs to stop.

If you dig in, only 2700 homicides a year (including lawful shootings by LEOs) are comitted with firearms, and its dropping due to means other than gun control.

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Re:Murder by Rifle vs. Death by Meteor by RunningDroid on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:21PM (#21276619)

Isn't suicide inherently violent due to the intent to cause permanent harm to oneself?

>its ableist to claim otherwise I don't understand what you mean by this, can you explain?

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Re:Murder by Rifle vs. Death by Meteor by bifrost on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:26PM (#21276672)

Its ableist to say that someone's choice to exercise free will is somehow coerced or violent because they suffer from depression and/or pain.

I certainly don't like suicide but I don't get to make that choice for other people.

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Re:Murder by Rifle vs. Death by Meteor by RunningDroid on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:24PM (#21276650)

There should be a newline between "otherwise" and "I", but I don't have enough points to edit.

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Re:Murder by Rifle vs. Death by Meteor by cwkoss on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:33PM (#21276733)

Police killed 992 people with guns in 2018 - ~37%

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