Are gun owners more likely to kill themselves? Two doctors who think so are asking lawmakers and psychologists to take a new look at the risks of firearms.So were they gun owners or gun possessors? There's a difference, you know, and the possessor of stolen property is hardly its "owner."
So what attempt was made to identify and separate prohibited persons from the general findings? Because the criminal element--typically lower income, more prone to drug abuse, negativity, hopelessness, lower intelligence, fewer options, more conflicts, more violence, etc.--is hardly representative of the general population.
How does the "gunsuicide" rate cited in this "study" separate out the most heavily armed peaceable demographic on the planet--the 4 million members of the NRA? Has it been empirically demonstrated that we have "a two- to 10-times greater risk of suicide in homes with a gun, both for the owner and for the spouse and children"?
And as long as we're breaking things down to
How does the "gunsuicide" rate cited in this "study" separate out the most heavily armed peaceable demographic on the planet--the 4 million members of the NRA? Has it been empirically demonstrated that we have "a two- to 10-times greater risk of suicide in homes with a gun, both for the owner and for the spouse and children"?
And as long as we're breaking things down to
How does the "gunsuicide" rate cited in this "study" separate out the most heavily armed peaceable demographic on the planet--the 4 million members of the NRA? Has it been empirically demonstrated that we have "a two- to 10-times greater risk of suicide in homes with a gun, both for the owner and for the spouse and children"?
And as long as we're breaking things down to pinpoint correlation of risks with observable populations, what should we do about this inconvenient truth?
And as long as we're breaking things down to pinpoint correlation of risks with observable populations, what should we do about this inconvenient truth?