Iowa husband shoots, kills escaped inmate who held him, wife hostage

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Me too.

Wait, what are we talking about?

we already knew about you..G and D I am shocked

[Harsh_77 718]

I like to sleep with one up my a$$.

You got issues u should see a doc

[Penny Lane 8,159]

source

Harvard School of Public Health. Hopefully they're an acceptable source.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/firearms-research/gun-ownership-and-use/

[Teddy B 17,252]

Risk assessment is not done with one thing in mind or being already biased.

Its just funny how libs think if they produce some stats they are valid if someone else produced the stats with whom they do not agree than its all bogus.

It's gif time!!

Harvard School of Public Health. Hopefully they're an acceptable source.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/firearms-research/gun-ownership-and-use/

They are a big customer of ours, the entire Harvard University is.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Harvard School of Public Health. Hopefully they're an acceptable source.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/firearms-research/gun-ownership-and-use/

actually the paper makes a bunch of claims but links to no data

[GandD 5,966]

Ok we are talking firearms here right..

Yep.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

In case the Harvard link is somehow unacceptable...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130405064029.htm

Residents of states with the highest rates of gun ownership and political conservatism are at greater risk of suicide than those in states with less gun ownership and less politically conservative leanings, according to a study by University of California, Riverside sociology professor Augustine J. Kposowa.

[GandD 5,966]

Nothing makes me feel safer than a Beretta 9mm right up the old poop shoot.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Nothing makes me feel safer than a Beretta 9mm right up the old poop shoot.

Spooky would disagree.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

In case the Harvard link is somehow unacceptable...

Title..

Suicide Risk Linked to Rates of Gun Ownership, Political Conservatism

Age adjusted

Oh dear god youare kidding right

here are some jewels from this person

1, Firearms are the most commonly used method of suicide by males and poisoning the most common among females.-Guess females did not get the guns cause suicide memo.

2.Firearm ownership, conservatism (measured by percentage voting for former President George W. Bush in the 2000 election), suicide rate, church adherence, and the immigration rate were measured at the state level--WTH where did they come up with lumping those together..Immigration rate.

3. With few exceptions, states with the highest rates of gun ownership -- for example, Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Alabama, and West Virginia -- also tended to have the highest suicide rates. These states were also carried overwhelmingly by George Bush in the 2000 presidential election.--Translation--We ignored the data that did not back up this garbage study

Edited August 23, 2013 by The conciliator

[Peikko 1,575]

And is there any it does. Notice the article presents no evidence it does,just tries to prove a negative.

Sorry fail

The study looked at ALL THE AVAILABLE DATA and CONCLUDED that there is NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT the proposition. YET the NRA would have us believe that there is evidence of a minimum of 2.5 Million such cases. Someone is trying to pull a fast one here. I wonder who that could be? Bear in mind that the person who produced this study did not go in with an agenda, his field is risk assessment not 'I hate guns'. Also bear in mind that after producing this study of risk his recommendations do not include any attempt at legislating compliance to a 'no gun in the home' policy. Does that tell you anything at all?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Title..

Suicide Risk Linked to Rates of Gun Ownership, Political Conservatism

Age adjusted

Oh dear god youare kidding right

Are you reading the study, or did you stop reading at the title? I'll take a guess and say you stopped reading at the title.

Do me a favor. Google "gun ownership and suicide rates"

You let me know what you find, okay?

[GandD 5,966]

I used to use a revolver but I lost it:

[Peikko 1,575]

Risk assessment is not done with one thing in mind or being already biased.

Its just funny how libs think if they produce some stats they are valid if someone else produced the stats with whom they do not agree than its all bogus.

Indeed, risk assessment is just that, an assessment of risk.

Produce your stats. The stats that having a gun in the home poses a significant risk are now out there, where are the stats that support your argument?

[Peikko 1,575]

Marvin by those argument countries where it’s difficult to obtain gun the suicide rate would be almost zero.

As a conclusion that's an epic fail.