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In reply to the discussion: Concealed Carry’s Body Count (VPC padding the numbers again) [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)32. "Do you just make shit up as you go along?"
It comes from the much-touted "info" graphic claiming only ~220 people were lawfully killed in the cited year; as if those were the only DGUs.
Killing yourself with a gun is never good for the surviving family.
Which method of suicide is better?
The girls were so traumatized they dropped out. Not good and selfish.
No doubt but people who decides to shoot themselves have made a decision to take the most extreme, irreversible means available to them. In other words, they are determined. Downgrading their available tools isn't the answer because -- they are determined. They need crisis intervention, not failed prohibitionist schemes that do nothing but disarm peaceable people.
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I believe that Professor Bogus writes for the VPC. So, this is just consistent with that.
NYC_SKP
Feb 2015
#1
For someone who claims they didn't read the post, your post prove you did not
mikeysnot
Mar 2015
#86
Funny. Grabbers try to claim GDUs only number a couple of hundred because
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2015
#17
"So, who do you presume is going to enforce your gun control laws? Aroma therapists?"
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2015
#38
It was a serious question, couched in a snarky tone. Who *will* enforce your proposed laws?
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2015
#50
based on an extrapolation from a small number of responses taken from more than 19 national surveys.
gejohnston
Mar 2015
#104
You're emotionally invested in a debunked study. That says its an agenda.
Nuclear Unicorn
Mar 2015
#92
And how many more of them occurred in the home, where 'carry' was irrelevant?
petronius
Feb 2015
#12
They ignore the fact that you are much more likely to be killed by an average citizen than a.....
Logical
Feb 2015
#21
Careful there, everyone knows "Mental Health" issues are just an NRA talking point
DonP
Feb 2015
#24
I love the smell of collective guilt-tripping in the morning; it smells like...
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2015
#82