Re: Guns cause suicide?

"Carl Nisarel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> While I was fishing in the dull canal, Scout crept softly
> through the vegetation, mumbling -
>
> >> Thats disingenuous. Nobody is saying such a thing. A
> >> suicidal person with
> > a
> >> gun is much more likely to die than a suicidal person
> >> without a gun.
> >
> > Cite.
>
> Carrington P, Moyer S. Gun control and suicide in Ontario. Am
> J Psychiatry 1994;151:606-8.
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> Carrington P, Moyer S. Gun availability and suicide in
> Canada. Studies on Crime and Crime Prevention 1994;3:168-78.
>
> Leenaars A, Lester D. Effects of gun control on homicide in
> Canada. Psychol Rep 1994;75:81-2.
>
> Leenaars A, Lester D. The effects of gun control on the
> accidental death rate from firearms in Canada. Journal of
> Safety Research 1997;28:119-22.
>
> Where's yours?

http://www.privcom.gc.ca/information/fr_010813_03_e.asp

Thus, it might appear that reducing the availability of firearms would
obviously reduce suicides. However, the solution is not that simple. Despite
the much greater availability of firearms in the United States, the suicide
rate is lower in the U.S. than in Canada-11.5 per 100,000 people compared to
12.9 in Canada. Americans are more likely than Canadians to use firearms-60
per cent vs. approximately 25 per cent. (Dandurand)