Hi Rod....
While I wholeheartedly agree with you on this issue, I seriously
question putting it up on the MOPO website. I am bombarded night and day
with emails regarding social and political issues from my liberal and
conservative friends alike (I am a total commie pinko liberal, by the
way) and none of them is likely to change my mind about anything I
already believe in. I like MOPO for its pure unspoiled geekiness; where
else can I learn about the best way to get high off of Bestine, the
dangers of minty white inserts, or how to avoid getting the runs from
handling too many Mexican lobby cards?
Generally, religion and politics on MOPO result in annoying flame wars,
my hand cramps up from hitting the delete button, and I can hear Scott
Burns belching up acid all the way here in San Diego.
I need a break from the world's heaviosity, and MOPO is one of those
places I can go and let my inner dweeb run free.
Enough already.
Greg Douglass
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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