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b_b  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Guns and Suicide in the United States

Except that suicide rates aren't really correlated with gun ownership rates. That pretty much pokes holes in the theory.





OftenBen  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think the larger point about 'ease of access to means' stands. But in my mind it's an argument for good firearm regulation, rather than prohibition.

b_b  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Does it? I've known half a dozen people or so who've killed themselves. Only one was by gun, and that was a shotgun. One car-in-the-garage, couple OD's, and a couple hangings. All you need to kill yourself is a bed sheet. Always a bad idea to use a theory to promote a political position when the theory is in direct opposition to actual empirical data.