good grief---
are we back to this gun issue again?? please, in the name of chuck
heston... no.....
On Jul 1, 2008, at 8:00 PM, rodxmorgan wrote:
Perhaps he could spin this report into a tale of patriotism...
ATLANTA: The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on gun ownership last
week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from
intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly
often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves.
Suicides accounted for 55% of the nation's nearly 31,000 firearm
deaths in 2005, the most recent year for which statistics are
available from the centers for disease control and prevention.
There was nothing unique about that year — gun-related suicides
have outnumbered firearm homicides and accidents for 20 of the last
25 years. In 2005, homicides accounted for 40% of gun deaths.
Accidents accounted for 3%. The remaining 2% included legal
killings, such as when police do the shooting and cases that
involve undetermined intent.
Public-health researchers have concluded that in homes where guns
are present, the likelihood that someone in the home will die from
suicide or homicide is much greater.
Studies have also shown that homes in which a suicide occurred were
three to five times more likely to have a gun present than
households that did not experience a suicide, even after accounting
for other risk factors.
In a 5-4 decision, the high court struck down a handgun ban enacted
in the District of Columbia in 1976 and rejected requirements that
firearms have trigger locks or be kept disassembled. The ruling
left intact the district's licensing restrictions for gun owners.
One public-health study found that suicide and homicide rates in
the district dropped after the ban was adopted. The district has
allowed shotguns and rifles to be kept in homes if they are
registered, kept unloaded and taken apart or equipped with trigger
locks.
The American Public Health Association, the American Association of
Suicidology and two other groups filed a legal brief supporting the
district's ban. More than 90 percent of suicide attempts using guns
are successful, while the success rate for jumping from high places
was 34%. The success rate for drug overdose was 2%, the brief said,
citing studies.
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