MUNEY, MUNEY, MUNEY And gun-deaths are not the only "plague" in America. There is another, fomented by the drug industry, in the form of Opioid Sales that render adult parents inept. They fall into a stupor. From here: The States With The Most (And Least) "Legal" Opioid Sales - excerpt: It does not please me IN THE LEAST to keep harping about the problems within which the US finds itself today. In part, the problems are institutional, in part it is the fact that the American people do not understand how they are being manipulated - either politically or medically. Yes, a free market-economy is better than socialism. That has been proven true. But, a totally free-market without safeguards is potentially dangerous! And why? It's all about the muney, muney, muney and the loosening of oversight as well as the manipulation of central-control of governance (notably by a Dork PotUS who rightfully lost the election!) Quo vadis America ... ?
When people refuse to accept factual economic data with such a spurious rebuttal argument, there is no room for further exchange. THE DEATH RATE DUE TO FIREARMS IN AMERICA IS HIGHLY RELEVANT! One has to be blind not to see the pertinent relevance. Over and out (on this subject) ...
Factual economic data? You're trying to compare the U.S. with other countries based on the overall average. But as you should well know, the U.S. is far more heterogenous than those other countries you like to cherry-pick. And why don't we take a little look at that heterogeneity? U.S. homicide rates compared to different countries
Suicides aren't gun deaths unless you first provide evidence that every other form of suicide is considered another form of death as well. Show me the rate of rope deaths over the last few years, otherwise counting suicides as gun deaths is disingenuous and nothing more than political posturing...
According to the CDC hanging/suffocation suicide rate increased 8.5 times as much as firearm suicide rate.
You are missing the point actually, suicide is the cause of death the tool used is irrelevant. Only the disingenuous with a political agenda seem to think the tool involved is more important than the suicide itself, those folks don't care about people, only their sick twisted agenda...
Lots of dumb here but let's try. 1. Your own graph discounts the premise of your thread. People are killing themselves at a higher rate than all other deaths with guns. No big deal to me what method people use to off themselves. 2. That $650b defense budget also goes a long way to securing Europe. Propping up the UN, NATO, and Korean interests. I would love to just dump NATO, the UN, and Korea. We should be closing most of our foreign bases.
Short of a total firearms prohibition, there is nothing to prevent an individual from using a firearm for the purpose of ending their own existence.
Laws can't, you are simply attempting to capitalize on mental health issues to push your insidious gun grabbing agenda. Its intellectually dishonest. You folks only look at one side of the equation, guns used in suicides, you totally ignore guns not used in suicides. So if a gun isn't used in a suicide, is that a prevented suicide?
Clarify please. Is this, 'yes, to further my insidious gun grabbing agenda' or 'yes, all guns not involved in a suicide are a suicide prevented'?
A lot of what if's don't solve the problem. Dialogue on how to prevent shootings like Broward county are more productive.
Then address the questions presented about physically preventing a specific activity from being executed.
Professional heavily armed security stationed at all entrances at each and every school in addition to teams floating around the school perimeter would go a long way to prevent gunmen from entering schools/school grounds. This is in addition to metal detectors for the students to enter prior to entering school grounds and internal security patrolling school hallways. That would go a long way in preventing a specific activity from being executed.
Swat teams on the roof. Body cavity searches. Constant video surveillance. Random locker searches. Or maybe gun.control. lol
