Alphecca points out the flaws in VPC's latest shameless attempts to equate gun ownership with a higher rate of youth suicide.
I'm sure I won't be the only one to point out the suicide statistics for disarmed Japan.
If I may add a bit of additional perspective:
Compare this to the rate for the general population, where:
So as of a few years back, the suicide rate was about FIVE TIMES HIGHER in the California jail system, where people are locked up 24/7, disarmed and guarded, than in the general population.
If the nation ever devolves into the despair-filled Soviet gulag the VPC and its fellow travelers are aiming for, look for the rate of people checking themselves out to rise exponentially.
I'm sure I won't be the only one to point out the suicide statistics for disarmed Japan.
If I may add a bit of additional perspective:
"The suicide rate for the 73,000 county jail inmates in California is 52 per 100,000."
Compare this to the rate for the general population, where:
"The 1999 age-adjusted rate was 10.7/100,000, or 0.01%."
So as of a few years back, the suicide rate was about FIVE TIMES HIGHER in the California jail system, where people are locked up 24/7, disarmed and guarded, than in the general population.
If the nation ever devolves into the despair-filled Soviet gulag the VPC and its fellow travelers are aiming for, look for the rate of people checking themselves out to rise exponentially.