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Originally posted by Adrift View PostWow! Thank God they don't have guns. I could only imagine how much greater the success rate of suicide would be there.
And keep in mind that the Asians living in the U.S. have access to firearms and yet they still prefer other methods
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostThe point is that when someone wants to commit suicide they will find a way whether or not firearms are available. Banning firearms does not appear to have any appreciable effect on this. So using this as an excuse to ban firearms is an invalid reason to do so.Last edited by Adrift; 02-25-2018, 12:06 PM.
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostThere would likely be no change
Originally posted by rogue06 View PostAnd keep in mind that the Asians living in the U.S. have access to firearms and yet they still prefer other methods
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Originally posted by Adrift View PostOf course it has an appreciable effect on this. 85 percent effectiveness rate means that there's less opportunity to help those who survive the attempt.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Adrift View PostThat's nonsense. Of course it would change. It's a lot harder to die from a hanging than from a gun shot.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostWhile a shotgun blast to the head is the most "effective" method taking cyanide ranks right up there. And getting hit by a train and jumping from a high place are considered to be over 90% effective. Hanging is just under 90% effective.
Again, I just can't understand this downplay of guns. This argument that guns aren't anymore effective than anything else in the use of taking lives is a really really bad argument from the gun rights side. You're not going to get people to come to your way of thinking if that's the argument you want to go with. No one really accepts it.
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostHanging is considered to be just under 90% effective in committing suicide. It is one of the reason it is the preferred method by many.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-m...case-fatality/paper on the subject
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostWhile a shotgun blast to the head is the most "effective" method taking cyanide ranks right up there. And getting hit by a train and jumping from a high place are considered to be over 90% effective. Hanging is just under 90% effective.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostSo, when it's a suicide by cop, should we use that to take guns from cops, too?
If you've read my cites in this thread on the subject, you know that the effectiveness of guns in suicide come by way of the fact that suicide attempts are committed impulsively in the home, often under the influence of alcohol. There's nothing particularly impulsive about suicide by cop. It requires the attempter to bring in a third party (which, in of itself takes time for them to respond) who can assess the situation, and then reason with the individual. I imagine that suicide by cop is far less effective than suicide by one's own hand on the trigger.
At any rate, successful suicide by cop is usually committed by those that the police have reason to believe are themselves holding a deadly weapon. It stands to reason that a gun ban would likely bring down the number of suicide by cop attempts.
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Originally posted by Adrift View Post
I honestly don't understand why this is at all controversial on the gun rights side. There's this sort of...I don't know...bizarre meme, I suppose, that guns aren't any different than anything else for killing. It's a meme born out of a sort of desire to downplay their effectiveness. Guns are extremely good at what they do. They are so good at what they do that every military power in the world decided a loooong time ago to use them in place of things like knives, swords, axes, bows, and the like. They kill quickly and efficiently, and that's why they're generally considered more deadly than rope, poison, and even ladders!Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Adrift View Post
If you've read my cites in this thread on the subject, you know that the effectiveness of guns in suicide come by way of the fact that suicide attempts are committed impulsively in the home, often under the influence of alcohol. There's nothing particularly impulsive about suicide by cop. It requires the attempter to bring in a third party (which, in of itself takes time for them to respond) who can assess the situation, and then reason with the individual. I imagine that suicide by cop is far less effective than suicide by one's own hand on the trigger.
At any rate, successful suicide by cop is usually committed by those that the police have reason to believe are themselves holding a deadly weapon. It stands to reason that a gun ban would likely bring down the number of suicide by cop attempts.
On a more serious note, I'm astounded by the frequency with which one of the "side effects" of a drug advertised on TV is "thoughts of suicide".The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostYes, guns are effective at killing. Nobody is disputing.
Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostExcept that anti-Constitutionalists take this fact and disingenuously argue as if guns are the ONLY effective method of killing.
Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostIn this case, the problem is not that people are committing suicide with guns but that people are committing suicide, period.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostSo, lemme get this straight... you can "stand to reason", but I have to have cites.
Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostOn a more serious note, I'm astounded by the frequency with which one of the "side effects" of a drug advertised on TV is "thoughts of suicide".
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Originally posted by Adrift View PostI don't know. Seems like a lot of people like to dispute that fact.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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