• Jeremy [Iowa]
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    1 year ago

    I’d argue the quantity of firearms is largely irrelevant unless you only care the thing was done by firearm.

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      Guns are very effective at killing, something like 5% of people attempting suicide by gun are unsuccessful. Other methods have a much higher rate of survival. Taking the guns out of the equation means more lives saved.

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        1 year ago

        Taking the guns out of the equation means more lives saved.

        May mean more lives saved, even if it were feasible.

        Alternatively, addressing the suicide motivations and pressures addresses all means of suicide - not just those by firearm.

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        1 year ago

        Or perhaps improving the conditions that leads to most suicidal tendencies. Access to healthcare, mental health care, livable wages, housing, etc. Not addressing these issues is social murder.

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          You’ll excuse me if I don’t hold my breath waiting on Republicans and centerist Democrats to deliver on those items.

          • Jeremy [Iowa]
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            1 year ago

            And yet you believe they’ll deliver on making firearms go away? Is it more or less likely, in your estimation?