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In reply to the discussion: FiveThirtyEight has a piece titled "Gun Deaths in America" [View all]morningfog
(18,115 posts)18. I wonder of the 66% who shot themselves to death, how many would have been effective in
killing themselves but for ease of access to a gun?
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Any solution that does not include limitations and restrictions of access to the common element
morningfog
Jul 2016
#1
Only marginally so. But you proved the larger point: gun accessibility is the real problem.
morningfog
Jul 2016
#26
Oh! The wrongness! I live where Heroin, Cocaine, and meth are available and cheap...
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#43
Their suicide problem is acceptable, then? Since they don't use guns? Hey, Zeus Christy.
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#52
Remove all homicides by firearm and the US still has a homicide rate higher than most European ...
Statistical
Jul 2016
#28
An absolute prohibition on the manufacture, sale, transportation, possession and sale
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2016
#39
I wonder of the 66% who shot themselves to death, how many would have been effective in
morningfog
Jul 2016
#18