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jps

On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 21:40:29 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:07:57 -0700, jps wrote:

On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 17:26:50 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:24:49 -0700, jps wrote:

33,000 dead per year. A tiny fraction of that is the result of Muslim
violence with many more at the hands of right wing whackos.

What percent is from the druggies in the ten major murder cities? Yet I've seen you
whine only about the most exceptional of cases.

Weird.

Almost 50% are suicides where the despondent have easier access to
weapons than someone to talk to.

I am glad you pointed that out because I was going to call bull**** on
the 33,000.
Suicide is not really a weapon problem, it is a suicide problem. The
There are lots of ways to kill yourself. If there is a will there is a
way.

Japanese have more suicides than we do with virtually no guns.

And yet it happens here at a higher rate because of gun availability.
Check out Harvard School of Health studies on countries with higher
rates of gun ownership. More guns = more death.

Stop talking out of your dark hole...

1. Where there are more guns there is more homicide (literature
review).

Our review of the academic literature found that a broad array of
evidence indicates that gun availability is a risk factor for
homicide, both in the United States and across high-income countries.
Case-control studies, ecological time-series and cross-sectional
studies indicate that in homes, cities, states and regions in the US,
where there are more guns, both men and women are at higher risk for
homicide, particularly firearm homicide.

Hepburn, Lisa; Hemenway, David. Firearm availability and homicide: A
review of the literature. Aggression and Violent Behavior: A Review
Journal. 2004; 9:417-40.

2. Across high-income nations, more guns = more homicide.

We analyzed the relationship between homicide and gun availability
using data from 26 developed countries from the early 1990s. We found
that across developed countries, where guns are more available, there
are more homicides. These results often hold even when the United
States is excluded.

Hemenway, David; Miller, Matthew. Firearm availability and homicide
rates across 26 high income countries. Journal of Trauma. 2000;
49:985-88.

3. Across states, more guns = more homicide

Using a validated proxy for firearm ownership, we analyzed the
relationship between firearm availability and homicide across 50
states over a ten year period (1988-1997).

After controlling for poverty and urbanization, for every age group,
people in states with many guns have elevated rates of homicide,
particularly firearm homicide.

Miller, Matthew; Azrael, Deborah; Hemenway, David. Household firearm
ownership levels and homicide rates across U.S. regions and states,
1988-1997. American Journal of Public Health. 2002: 92:1988-1993.

4. Across states, more guns = more homicide (2)

Using survey data on rates of household gun ownership, we examined the
association between gun availability and homicide across states,
2001-2003. We found that states with higher levels of household gun
ownership had higher rates of firearm homicide and overall homicide.
This relationship held for both genders and all age groups, after
accounting for rates of aggravated assault, robbery, unemployment,
urbanization, alcohol consumption, and resource deprivation (e.g.,
poverty). There was no association between gun prevalence and
non-firearm homicide.

Miller, Matthew; Azrael, Deborah; Hemenway, David. State-level
homicide victimization rates in the U.S. in relation to survey
measures of household firearm ownership, 2001-2003. Social Science and
Medicine. 2007; 64:656-64.