suicide – Armed With Reason

photoharvard3-1920x1000-c-top[1] — In the wake of the Oregon college shooting, the website beliefnet.com caused a stir on social media with an article titled “Harvard University Study Reveals Astonishing Link Between Firearms, Crime and Gun Control.” The post pointed to a “virtually…

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Note: This article originally appeared in The Trace on September 16th, 2015 Last week the Brady Campaign released an extensively researched report titled “The Truth About Guns & Suicide,” kickstarting a long overdue conversation on the role firearms play…

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**Note: This column appeared in Slate on 1/26/2015 ** Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association issued a passionate call to arms last year, painting a bleak picture of a dystopian America on the brink of collapse: We know, in the world…

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More Guns, More Suicides – The Vicious Relationship

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I had a column over at the HuffingtonPost on the relationship between Guns and Suicides. It is reproduced below with two quick rebuttals that have been made in the comments section there. Suicide Barriers and Gun Control Less than…

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Suicides: The Missing Movement- Why More Guns Means More Suicides

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Billy and the Golden Gate Bridge “The Golden Gate Bridge is practically suicide proof. Suicide from the bridge is neither possible nor probable” –Chief Engineer Joseph Strauss, 1936 Billy was an 18-year old high school student. He attended a…

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Debunking the “Guns Don’t Kill People, People Kill People” Myth

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Guns don’t kill people, children do. Cassie Culpepper, age 11, was riding in the back of a pickup when her 12-year-old brother pointed his father’s pistol at her. He believed he had removed the bullets, and so jokingly pulled…

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