Posted on 10/25/2019 11:14:09 AM PDT by PROCON
Interesting,,,
Absolutely Correct. They DEMON RATS tried it with me, but thankfully lost due to the FACTS that the local Police and Sheriff’s departments were on my side as I have help them with my knowledge of E.O.D. Techniques. And the simple fact that they were caught lying their stinking @$$es off. But please realize that this is a never ending struggle for us Veterans as they (The Lousy Lying Leftists Liberals) want us disarmed as we are extremely dangerous to them & know how to properly use Firearms to defend Ourselves, our Families and Friends!!
Making out veterans to be mentally unstable. These veterans my friends are the militia leaders of our future if we need them and our enemies know this
Red, Please share. We’d better stop these bastards BEFORE they get out of the gate as the 40%+/- who voted for the WITCH ARE STILL OUT HERE!
However, we have ample data on suicide and veteran suicides.
Please, what follows is not intended to be cold, callous, demeaning, or insouciant with regard to suicide or veterans.
In 2016, there were 5,756 male vet suicides, of which 70.6% were by firearms; there were 18.3MM male vets in total. Those values for female vets were 254, 41.2%, and 1.8MM, respectively.
Among non-vets, there were 27,928 male suicides, of which 53.9% were by firearms; there were 102.2MM nonvet males in the US. Those values for female non-vets were 9,489, 32.4%, and 126.1MM, respectively.
If we were able to get the male vet suicide by firearm rate to mirror that of male non-vets, we'd see 962 fewer male vet suicides; that number for women is 22, for a grand total is 984 fewer deaths.
Now, obviously, suicide is a tragedy and perhaps especially so with vets. But if we want to save 984 vets from firearm suicides, do we really think Red Flag laws are the best way to do it? Maybe if we had some decent psychiatric care?
It s also worth noting that along female non-vets, a greater percentage of suicides (34.2%) come from poisoning vs firearms. Soooo...where is the push to limit females' access to poison? Maybe we need laws to let the police come into females' homes to confiscate medicines, detergent, bleach, and the like?
Or, maybe, just perhaps....Red Flad laws aren't about saving lives at all...
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