Monday, June 30, 2008
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People should be free to choose what is best for themselves as long as they do not infringe on the rights of others to do the same. I created this blog to discuss issues I have with big government, liberal media,and to talk about my support for capitalism and the Iraq War.
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I think the point is that other forms of attempted suicide (pills, cutting, etc) have much much lower success rates than guns. I actually have several friends who had attempted suicide in their teens (and later got much better through therapy/treatment/just growing up) who wouldn't be around today if they had had a gun available to them at the time.
Darwin's right, no where in the article does it say that these people would not commit suicide if they did not have a gun in their home.
It does say, "More than 90 percent of suicide attempts using guns are successful, while the success rate for jumping from high places was 34 percent. The success rate for drug overdose was 2 percent, the brief said, citing studies."
Not sure I see how the MSM is "upset" with this ruling either. MSNBC is reporting on a study which has relevance in light of the supreme courts ruling.
I think this is a case of if you're looking for liberal bias, you'll find it.
This is straight from the article
"Guns in home increase likelihood of suicide
Public-health researchers have concluded that in homes where guns are present, the likelihood that someone in the home will die from suicide or homicide is much greater.
Studies have also shown that homes in which a suicide occurred were three to five times more likely to have a gun present than households that did not experience a suicide, even after accounting for other risk factors.
In a 5-4 decision, the high court on Thursday struck down a handgun ban enacted in the District of Columbia in 1976 and rejected requirements that firearms have trigger locks or be kept disassembled. The ruling left intact the district's licensing restrictions for gun owners.
One public-health study found that suicide and homicide rates in the district dropped after the ban was adopted."
This article is making a point that this gun ruling will now cost peoples lives. MSM knows the majority of people in the US support the decision but they want to make sure you know what kind of costs this decision will have.
Isn't that, like, their job? Obviously you'd have a point if they didn't run stories pointing out the downside of liberal rulings, but let me know if you think of an example as dramatic as this.
Last week when the Supreme Court gave more rights to Al Qaeda operative than US citizens there was not a single top headline story about how some of the people released from Gitmo were found back in Afghanistan fighting.
Or Iraq. Not a single one.
This is so obviously bias it make me want to cry when others suggest otherwise.
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