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LibLabUK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:03 PM Original message |
Does merely purchasing a handgun increase your risk of death? |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Consistent with other studies... |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. So, Injury Prevention joins the New England Journal of Medicine |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. LOL! |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. I wonder if insurance actuarial tables cover it? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 02:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. I asked my homeowner's insurance company about that |
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LibLabUK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Ahh... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 03:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Yes, I carry $1 million in liability insurance |
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MrSandman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-04 12:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. Umbrella policy... |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. ROTFLMAO!!!! |
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LibLabUK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Hmm.. |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 06:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. so let me get this straight.... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 06:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. It may be that people who are more likely to be murdered |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Likewise people contemplating gun homicides |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. "unintentional gun deaths"... |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 06:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Let's see - 1% of the population, 16.7% of the unintentional gun deaths - |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 07:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Did the study control... |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 11:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Actually, that is the nice thing about a peer-reviewed journal |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 12:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Luna... |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 12:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Yes, science isn't really science |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 01:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. "science" isn't a dogmatic belief in something... |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 01:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. So I guess that's "No, I was making that up about phrenology" |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 01:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. nope... |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. And show us where they did any peer review.... |
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LibLabUK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 01:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Hmm.... |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 02:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Guess if you don't have anything else... |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 02:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. I didn't say gospel |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. funny |
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JayS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 07:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I read the study as only looking at correlation but not attempting... |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 07:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. that'd do it, but would likely be unethical... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 07:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. you're going at it ass backwards |
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Romulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 04:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. what's an "unintentional gun death"? |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 04:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Well, at least you'll get some good exercise out of that kayak. |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. OTHER people purchasing said handguns.. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. The probability of death is 1 |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 08:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. That kind of ignores the issue of "how" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 12:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. No, it does not |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 09:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Oh, I see. |
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LibLabUK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 05:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Actually it depends. |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 12:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. And of course |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
20. NEWSFLASH! |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 05:27 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. yeah, eh? |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 08:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Refer to post 5 |
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skippythwndrdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
27. I own 23 handguns (I went to the safe and counted them.) |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 11:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Wow, guess we've got another candidate |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 11:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I've got one! |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 11:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. So apt... |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 04:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. Still with us, skippy? /nt |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. LOL!! |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 04:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
48. Skippy? /nt |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
49. Skippy? /nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 05:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Deleted message |
library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
51. Skiiiiiiiiiiiiiii - ppeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! /nt |
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skippythwndrdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 11:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Hi there! |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-04 06:53 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Oh, there you are! |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-04 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
54. It is safer owning a handgun |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. and an awful lot of people ... |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-04 04:14 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. THERE's a swell argument, eh... |
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