Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: I think this paragraph from The New Yorker really sums up the gun control debate here on DU [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)gun ownership rate is the same as before the National Firearms Agreement. While suicide by gun did go down after the NFA, the suicide rate did not. From what I read, there is no evidence of one having anything to do with the other beyond coincidence. Before the NFA each Australian state had laws that varied kind of like ours (they didn't have federal laws, and really still don't. The states were blackmailed to passing NFA, just like our "national" drinking age.) NSW had the strictest gun laws and Tasmania was the most liberal (but still had licensing and registration).
http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1736501,00.html
While theoretically true, not how it really works. Those who slice their wrists are crying for help, but don't want to die. Someone who uses a gun, rope, bridge etc. are serious.