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.
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 Calif
"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 Calif
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.
"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.