@GidMK @EchoesErrant @doritmi Um... No. They are about parity actually in raw #s. 7630 firearm murders last yr, 32675 Vehicular fatalities
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@GidMK@EchoesErrant@doritmi ~900 or so accidents with f/a. The rest self inflicted suicides which would find another method.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Where is your evidence that suicides would 'find another method'?
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@GidMK@EchoesErrant@doritmi Suicide is elastic. It is a goal usually planned. Other nations have equal or higher overall suicide w/o guns1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Here is a systematic review demonstrating otherwise http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001457505000400 …
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Generally suicides prefer a specific method, and when that is removed you see the rate drop.
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There's also evidence that it is a situational choice and changing the environment reduces rate.
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@GidMK@EchoesErrant@doritmi However it remains true that other Countries w/o guns per capita exist with higher rates.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Try reading the systematic review that I linked and get back to me.
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@GidMK@EchoesErrant@doritmi Try using your own eyes and raw data in the world. Instead of taking someone else's word for it.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Another systematic review demonstrating that access to means reduces rate http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215036615002667 … @Steven_Swenson @EchoesErrant @doritmi
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@GidMK@EchoesErrant@doritmi Um that one states support network availability/intervention is likely to work. also Pay for entirity ... no.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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"restricting access to means was associated with a reduction in the risk of suicide"
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