Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumProfessor discovers a link between gun ownership and higher rates of suicide
Kposowa began his study because he was shocked by the laxity and wide availability of guns in America. A lot of people think that when suicide occurs it is because of planning, but that is not the case, suicide can happen in an impulsive way, Kposowa explained in his research.
If the gun is unlocked the risk (of suicide) goes higher, and then if the unlocked gun is loaded the rates go even higher, Kposowa stated. In addition to whether the gun is loaded, he also investigated the different types of storage and the effect that has on rates of suicide.
The researcher proposed policy changes that could help to decrease suicide rates within the United States. Referencing the comparably lower gun suicide rates in countries with stricter gun regulations, Kposowa advocates allowing the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to collect data on gun ownership. If the CDC can collect data then we can constantly report on the dangers of guns, maybe that will help people to change their minds and their fixation on guns, he said. Currently the CDC is not allowed to appropriate funds for studies that advocate or promote gun control.
http://www.highlandernews.org/23802/professor-discovers-link-gun-ownership-higher-rates-suicide/
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)It's as if controllers don't actually care about deaths but merely the manner in which death occurs.
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)DonP
(6,185 posts)Since the numbers, laws and public opinion aren't going their way, maybe they think the sheer weight and number of "cut and pastes" will change hearts, minds and reality?
... and the violent crime numbers continue to drop
ileus
(15,396 posts)sarisataka
(21,007 posts)He wants the CDC to be allowed to collect data on suicide and firearm ownership. But right in the Abstract it says:
Suicide and firearm ownership information was obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)Straw Man
(6,775 posts)He has discovered that one can't commit suicide with a gun if one doesn't have a gun. I'm stunned. Stunned.
sarisataka
(21,007 posts)He wouldn't get the results he wants.
This is a perfect example of why the restriction was put on the CDC. Studies that are focused solely on supporting and promoting gun control, ignoring other factors of what the study is allegedly about. I noticed in the article he is not concerned about making changes that affects suicide but getting a Constitutional Amendment to end "people's fixation on guns".
virginia mountainman
(5,046 posts)And Japanese automobile sales??
Any ideas to help with the problem of Japanese car sales??
jmg257
(11,996 posts)"Loaded and unlocked firearms within reach become risk factors for fatal outcomes from suicidal behavior."
Makes sense.
At least it's not along the lines of 'owning guns make people want to kill themselves'.