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Valid questions. Your sources don't identify who owned the gun or in what way the person "had access" to it. In fact a couple of your sources even admitted that "access to firearms" simply meant that they owned one, not that the gun was immediately available to them at the time of the incident. One of your sources admitted that the person didn't even have to be at home where the gun was stored in order to meet their definition of "access to firearms".What gun would a person killing himself use? Where would he get this gun and why not use the one he or she owns?
You're asking me to speculate here because you see that your sources do not provide that information.And why would households that own guns be more likely to be invaded by gun wielding murderers, AND be more likely to be killed by gun wielding murderers.
If I were to assume your premise that there is a correlation between owning a gun and being more likely to become a victim of gun-related violence, I would suggest to you that the person was first at a higher risk and then bought the gun because of that higher risk. Your sources don't say which came first, the gun or the risk. A person may first become suicidal and then buy a gun to carry it out. A person may first enter into a higher crime risk area and then buy a gun to defend against it. Your sources don't say either way, and that's one way in which your sources are faulty: incomplete data.
Whoever told you that, lied to you.I thought having a gun at home protected people from gun wielding murderers, but households with a gun are more likely to have someone in the house murdered.
Owning a fire extinguisher doesn't mean you're less likely to have a fire, and if someone you trust suggested a correlation between owning a fire extinguisher and suffering a small fire you would no doubt come here and argue that fire extinguishers cause fires.
Your sources don't say the gun causes the increased risk. The news reporting agency citing those studies do, but not the studies themselves. At best the study tries to paint a correlation, but non of the studies you've posted say the gun caused the crime. You've been duped by a biased media.Instead, having a gun at home increases your odds of getting murdered.
Correct. The Annals of Internal Medicine performed incomplete research and also made claims which weren't supported by their data. That's invalid research and only degrades the reputation of the Annals of Internal Medicine.LOL - a paper published in the Annals of Internal Medicine as is invalid 'reserch.' :roll:
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