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Electric Monk

(13,869 posts)
Thu Oct 15, 2015, 05:10 PM Oct 2015

Gun Suicides Plummet in State After New Licensing Law, Skyrocket After Law Repealed in Other State

(cross-posted from GD)

More stringent gun laws can save lives, while less stringent ones can lead to more deaths. That is the implication of a new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins, who found that gun suicides plummeted after a law in Connecticut requiring background checks for handgun purchases was passed. Gun suicides in Missouri, meanwhile, spiked after a similar law was repealed there.

“Contrary to popular belief, suicidal thoughts are often transient, which is why delaying access to a firearm during a period of crisis could prevent suicide,” said study author Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, in a press release announcing the study’s findings on Tuesday. “Just as research indicates that handgun purchaser licensing laws are effective in reducing firearm homicides, they could reduce suicides by firearms as well.”

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Gun Suicides Plummet in State After New Licensing Law, Skyrocket After Law Repealed in Other State (Original Post) Electric Monk Oct 2015 OP
Proves my point, guns have TWO and only TWO uses, to kill or to play with as a toy. randys1 Oct 2015 #1

randys1

(16,286 posts)
1. Proves my point, guns have TWO and only TWO uses, to kill or to play with as a toy.
Fri Oct 16, 2015, 03:44 PM
Oct 2015

They kill really good, too.

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