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Gun Control & RKBA

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9. If we had stricter gun laws, our suicide rates might be comparable to

Thu Sep 3, 2015, 03:00 PM

Sep 2015

Europe, Canada and Australia. Oh, wait...

Need I even mention the suicide rates of the gun control utopias of Japan and South Korean...

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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

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