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Re:Apple’s head of security indicted in Santa Clara County C... by beervirus on Monday November 23, 2020 @03:45PM (#25191609)
There's a correlation because people who live in dangerous places tend to carry guns. But that's not causation--there's no reason to suspect that carrying a gun increases my chances of being killed by a gun.
Re:Apple’s head of security indicted in Santa Clara County C... by tshaddox on Monday November 23, 2020 @06:53PM (#25193427)
Huh? Surely carrying a gun somewhere where there are no other guns immensely increased the chance that you’ll be killed by a gun, since the number of guns in the vicinity went from zero to one.
Re:Apple’s head of security indicted in Santa Clara County C... by beervirus on Monday November 23, 2020 @07:42PM (#25193858)
Carrying a gun makes it more likely that I’ll shoot myself?
Re:Apple’s head of security indicted in Santa Clara County C... by dodobirdlord on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @12:31AM (#25195595)
It does, yes. The majority of firearm deaths in the US are suicides, and the majority of suicides are committed with a firearm. The suicide rate is several times higher among men who own guns or regularly handle guns than it is among men who do not. It's clear that gun ownership has a high propensity to convert a survivable mental health crisis into a suicide. A US adult (but especially a man) who owns a gun is far more likely over their lifetime to use the gun on themself than they are to use it to defend themself.
Re:Apple’s head of security indicted in Santa Clara County C... by tshaddox on Monday November 23, 2020 @09:22PM (#25194586)
Yes, I suppose it necessarily does, although I was referring more to the chance that in a struggle (perhaps an attempted robbery) your gun accidentally or intentionally discharges.