That was one of the "measures" that criminologists use to measure gun ownership...suicide rates...
it makes sense. if you have a state where it is hard to get a gun, you are going to have considerably less gun suicides. On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:43 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The statistics also show that states with high gun ownership also have > > higher than normal suicideand homicide rates (by using a firearm). > > > > Meh. I don't think the two are related. > > I believe guns drive crime, i don't think they do much for suicide. The > latter is such a complex disaster, i think the means in which it's > ultimately carried out are more of a technicality than a factor in the > decision. > > -- > Through the too many miles > And the too little smiles > I still remember you > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347438 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
