But does that mean you will have considerably less suicides? If not, its a red herring...means nothing.
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:347454 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
