Posted on 09/03/2008 6:58:42 PM PDT by neverdem
If history is a guide, this is a good omen, IHMO.
Nanny State Ping.
Japan has a much higher suicide rate. They must have more access to guns, that would explain it!
That makes perfect sense. The only reason the homicide numbers aren't higher is because in many instances homicides are prevented by the presence of another gun.
It seems I've read somewhere that more crimes are prevented by a homeowner brandishing a firearm than are committed.
In gun-free Japan, the per-capita suicide rate is several times that of America.
I agree it is a very bad idea to keep a loaded gun in the house.
It's much better to keep multiple loaded guns throughout the house so they are easily accessible no matter where you are or what the circumstances.
:-)
Want to drive the MSM crazy? Buy as many guns as you can afford between now and November. That should get them thinking.
I think a lot of physician assisted suicide “doctors” are starting to become concerned about something that might cause a decrease in their business. Like everyone else, they really need the money. They have mouths at home to feed.
People kill people.
My mother killed herself with a gun. She planned it out for over a week. If she hadn’t had a gun, she would have used pills or another method. Blaming guns is just silly.
And 100,000 patients die a needless death every year in hospitals because of mistakes caused by doctors.
Therefore, these pompous quacks should shut their damn pie holes about the Second Amendment and firearms, of which they know nothing. These MD types should get their OWN act together.
Here is the WHO list alphabetically.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate
Wikipedia sorted it, the USA is something like 49th rank globally, and most of the people that “beat” us don't allow citizens to mess around with guns like we do here.
OK, someone do a quick “peer review” and I'll collect the charge for doing this “study”.
NEJM’s study from ‘99 worked this way- they reviewed police reports, and when they found a suicide by gun, they went a certain distance away, and checked to see if the people living there had committed suicide by gun or had a gun. They then corrected this for age, race, gender and income (without explaining how). They arrived at the startling conclusion that you were 40 times more likely to commit suicide using a gun, than if you didn't have a gun. There were several flaws with the data but it was cited here.
I checked my gun club, where almost everyone owns a gun, and checked with the clubs we affiliate with, and found the suicide rate over ten years to be zero (unless you count two DUI car accidents). That must mean there is a population somewhere with a huge suicide rate, to make up the 40x rate!
My mom didn’t have a gun. Pills did the trick quite to her desire.
Ping? Maybe after Sarah Palin’s speech.
Why post that when the real McCoy was free, open access? If their conclusion were otherwise, I doubt it would have been a FReebie.
This is absolute BS, the Suicide rate in this country has shown no significant change in the past 50 years. suicidal people will kill themselves regardless of their access or lack of access to a gun.
Understandable, good sir!
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