I agree that waiting periods are a good stop Gap approach that prevent the vast majority of gun deaths, suicides. I do still think they're a stopgap but stop gaps are better than nothing. while I want broader regulation gun control advocates should take what we can get where we can, pragmatism wins
It was found in Canada and Australia that suicidal males who were unable to obtain firearms hung themselves instead, so it's disingenuous to say that lack of access prevents suicides. It prevents suicide by firearm.
suicide by firearm is much more dangerous than other methods because of its almost guaranteed success. there's a reason we banned the kind of stoves that you could stick your head in and asphyxiate yourself. ease of action is very important in suicide cases and hanging yourself isn't as easy.
Studies do not bear out the idea that reducing access to firearms reduces suicide rates. Studies do not show this, AT ALL. You do not reduce suicide rates by reducing access to firearms. You reduce the rate of suicide by firearm.
Yes I was specific when I said "gun deaths"
This is flatly untrue. Studies show clearly that you can reduce overall suicide rates by restricting gun access, and people do not simply switch to other methods.
This is flatly untrue. Studies do not show that. There are other variables at play than whether people who commit suicides have firearms, and those variables are *not* independent. Go learn some probability and statistics.
I thought you were simply misinformed but you're clearly idealogically invested here, have a chill night.
Here's a start for you. www.scribbr.com/methodology/...
In particular, you cannot analyze the effect of a change in state law by using the population of another state that did not make that change as a control group. What has always been found to control suicide rates is social circumstances, not the availability of "easy" means.
help prevent*