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Gun Control & RKBA

Straw Man

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5. The 1995 Connecticut law ...

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Thu Sep 3, 2015, 11:38 AM

Sep 2015

... only affected handguns. Access to long guns remained as before. A comparison of rates of suicide by handgun vs. by long gun would have been necessary before any claim could be made.

Furthermore, the methodology by which they made their predictions of what rates would have otherwise been is murky and inadequately explained.

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Strict state gun laws could lead to drops in suicide, study says [View all] SecularMotion Sep 2015 OP

associated, meaning no cause and effect gejohnston Sep 2015 #1

Better health care and a national anti-suicide campaign would save even more lives. hack89 Sep 2015 #2

Means Matter SecularMotion Sep 2015 #4

So what laws prevent suicides? hack89 Sep 2015 #6

Don't try suicide....good song from my youth. ileus Sep 2015 #3

The 1995 Connecticut law ... Straw Man Sep 2015 #5

Someone forgot to tell Japan Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #7

Apples and oranges discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #8

Excellent point about Japan's odd crime definitions. ManiacJoe Sep 2015 #11

If we had stricter gun laws, our suicide rates might be comparable to branford Sep 2015 #9

meh. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #10