How can suicide rates go down if guns are increasing?
358074
Because they:\n\nhang themselves with a rope, hang themselves with a sheet, hang themselves with a coat hanger off of a doorknob(saw it), take all of their medication at once, sit in a garage with the engine running and the door closed, ETC.\n\nPoint being, guns aren't the only way.
866994
The second option is exactly what we have now. Felons and people who have or have had any mental illness cannot own or buy guns. And background checks are currently mandatory for any firearm purchase.
900686
No.  The incidence of crime can be studied from many angles.  You can count the number of occurrences in a time period.  You can count the number of occurrences in a time period divided by the current population.  In general, a very small population has less crime than a very large population.  A medium sized population will have more crime than a large population simply because of opportunity.  Gun's are tools.  They have little influence on the amount of crime.  They only influence the means of committing crimes.\nAnother idea.  If everyone were trained and equipped with guns, would you be very quick to pull a gun?  The idea has been suggested that if everyone could be trusted with such responsibility, that no one would risk having a multitude of guns pointed at him because he got mad or wanted to commit a crime.  If you are the only one with a gun, it is easy to pull it out and threaten others from a safety point of view.  Down-side; I don't trust everyone with a gun.
101476
No. I live in in a rural area of the country where it is commonplace for the farmers and avid deer hunters to have guns. It is common for teen boys to be given a gun and taken out to the woods, dad and son, to learn how to hunt and be responsible with it. Considering how prolific the guns are here yet there is very little crimnal use of them, I don't see a correlation of quantity of guns to use of them in crime. \n\nThat doesn't mean crime is non-existent here. Shortly after moving to this state I was called for jury duty. It was a murder trial. Of interest to this discussion, the man murdered was hunting and had a gun in his hands when the confrontation began. The murders had ready access to guns themselves. Though there were several guns present when the man was murdered, the guns were not used. The man was beaten and kicked to death. You don't need guns to kill. You just need hate mixed with alcohol to dull your self restraint.
998153
I'm not sure if taking anti-depressants "decrease" the lenght of life, however I DO know this.........if I wasn't taking them, my life expectancy would already be over, due to suicide.
874918
Really!  Do you think that we need more guns in this world?\n\nIf the conversion were possible, it would not be wise to attempt it on your own - there are enough gun fatalities already.
895279
Nothing short of knowledge of the future will prevent some person from committing an act of total destruction of those around them and themselves.\n\nWhat a gun registry or strict gun laws does do, it prevents guns from ending up all over the streets without regard.  It makes people take firearm security seriously and does a lot to prevent an escalation in gun related crimes.\n\nNYC has seen an incredible drop in gun related crimes since the stricter gun laws have taken effect.\n\nBut no law or punishment will prevent a person hell bent on committing a crime from doing so, it just makes it harder to do.
712492
As long as the guns aren't stolen. But if you use them to murder police officers, they won't be living long.
866275
I don't know, but if they didn't carry guns I think it most definitely would make the criminals act more aggressive and violent than they should.
135201
Firearms are the most commonly used method of suicide for men and women, accounting for 60 percent of all suicides. Nearly 80 percent of all firearm suicides are committed by white males. The second most common method for men is hanging; for women, the second most common method is self-poisoning including drug overdose. The presence of a firearm in the home has been found to be an independent, additional risk factor for suicide. Thus, when a family member or health care provider is faced with an individual at risk for suicide, they should make sure that firearms are removed from the home.
238266
If you are only interested in a cost/benefit analysis of gun control laws, then the best indication that gun control laws don't work is found in recen statistics.  The number of gun owners is at a historical high, while the number of gun deaths has fallen to the lowest level in more than 30 years.  \n\nThis is very damning to those who claim that gun control laws reduce crime and gun violence.  If their position was the correct one then it would be impossible to have low crime rates and reduced gun violence when so many Americans own a firearm.\n\nThe greatest blow to the claims of gun control advocates came in 2002 when a study sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control was published.  The two year project reviewed gun control laws across the nation and tried to find evidence of their effectiveness.  No such evidence was ever found, even though the authors were careful to point out that a lack of evidence shouldn't be taken as evidence of ineffectiveness.\n\nJames
19803
retorical Question? I think less of a chance of destroying the world now day but more of a chance that millions might die or at least affected by such weapons
180517
If you combine the populations of Spain, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Austrailia, Canada, and Germany, you a number roughly the same as the US.  They had less than 500 gun deaths a year.  We have 30,000 a year.
661276
While murder in America is illegal, suicide fits that bill. If you believe you are one or a hundred, pull the trigger! They can only give you the chair once right!\n But in all honesty, buy the gun and shells yourself, put that together and then in your mouth and pull the trigger! Save from the world your problem.\n\nI have attempted to phrase this in a manner I thought you would understand.
977715
because thats just life..it is not supposed 2 make sense..if it did make sense i dont think suicide rates would be so high..but u have to accept that ppl are going to hurt you, stop talking to you, betray you, and in the end you still ask why why why..sometimes instead of always trying to fix things all the time its best to accept that some things we just cant control..good luck
121780
Pros - it makes us think we are safer\nCons - We wont be safer.  The criminals will still get the weapons illegally and the innocent will not be able to defend themselves.
841530
It's going to be because of irresposible gun owners like yourself that the rest of us who have legal firearms and obey the laws will suffer.Do us all a favor, sell your firearms and take up knitting.