Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Questions on gun-control/rights [View all]EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)You think that people should have the right to defend themselves, but you don't advocate anyone but Americans having them?
It's not the same number of deaths it's the same RATE.
Again suicide rates go up when you add guns. And down when guns don't exist. That's not the same thing as saying all countries have the same suicide rates. If a country with a high suicide rate suddenly was flooded with guns the number of successful suicides would go up making the rate higher. Not higher relative to other countries, but relative to what it was BEFORE guns were added into the mix. Because. Guns are much more effective death tools than over the counter drug overdoses and knives. So says all suicide statistics. Many many many people survive non-gun suicide attempts. Most don't survive gun suicide attempts. That doesn't change the number of attempts but the number of deaths.