Guns Don't Cause Suicide

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Mises: Guns Don't Cause Suicide

JANUARY 5, 2016 Ryan McMaken

 

Homicide rates in the United States have been declining for 20 years as the number of privately-held guns in the US has increased substantially.

 

In some states, such as New Hampshire and Oregon, which have very weak gun laws, homicide rates are remarkably low, and these states are among the safest places on earth.

 

As homicide rates have declined, however, and gun-related homicides with them, gun-control advocates have attempted to create a new category of "gun violence" by blaming suicides on access to guns.

 

Most "Gun Violence" Is Suicide

 

Note this recent article from The Washington Post which casts suicide as indistinguishable from homicide, and goes on to point out that there were as many firearm related deaths in 2014 as there were deaths that resulted from automobile accidents.

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Obama pretends to be bewildered by the environment of hatred he created

By DrJohn 10 Comments

Tue, Jan, 5th, 2016

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Today Barack Obama stood before a gaggle of idiots and channeled John Boehner. Good God, I couldn’t wait for Boehner to leave lest we have to endure his crying one more time. So what does Obama do? He channels Boehner and sets loose a torrent of crocodile tears carefully summoned to convince you that…http://www.floppingaces.net/2016/01/05/obama-pretends-to-be-bewildered-by-the-environment-of-hatred-he-created/