A gun is now more likely to kill you than a car is in the U.S

Re:A gun is now more likely to kill you than a car is in the... by vor_ on Thursday January 08, 2015 @12:35PM (#8857552)

Easy access to an effective suicide method is one more impact of the pervasiveness of guns in a modern society. It's an important factor in determining gun deaths.

In determining the deadliness of drugs to a society, should suicides be ruled out? Accidental overdoses? Drug-related shootings? Where do you draw the line in filtering the statistics so that they're more comfortable for a given political position?

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Re:A gun is now more likely to kill you than a car is in the... by sosuke on Thursday January 08, 2015 @01:50PM (#8858085)

Access to guns is very restrictive in Japan, extremely restrictive in fact, yet they have a higher suicide rate than the United States. http://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate

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Re:A gun is now more likely to kill you than a car is in the... by collyw on Friday January 09, 2015 @03:33AM (#8861299)

I'll bet they have less gun deaths though.

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