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Showing Original Post only (View all)What Researchers Learned About Gun Violence Before Congress Killed Funding [View all]
What Researchers Learned About Gun Violence Before Congress Killed Fundingby Joaquin Sapien at ProPublica
http://www.propublica.org/article/what-researchers-learned-about-gun-violence-before-congress-killed-funding
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One of the critical studies that we supported was looking at the question of whether having a firearm in your home protects you or puts you at increased risk. This was a very important question because people who want to sell more guns say that having a gun in your home is the way to protect your family.
What the research showed was not only did having a firearm in your home not protect you, but it hugely increased the risk that someone in your family would die from a firearm homicide. It increased the risk almost 300 percent, almost three times as high.
It also showed that the risk that someone in your home would commit suicide went up. It went up five-fold if you had a gun in the home. These are huge, huge risks, and to just put that in perspective, we look at a risk that someone might get a heart attack or that they might get a certain type of cancer, and if that risk might be 20 percent greater, that may be enough to ban a certain drug or a certain product.
But in this case, we're talking about a risk not 20 percent, not 100 percent, not 200 percent, but almost 300 percent or 500 percent. These are huge, huge risks.
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What Researchers Learned About Gun Violence Before Congress Killed Funding [View all]
applegrove
Feb 2013
OP
Which explains why the NRA made super sure no more studies were funded.
Warren Stupidity
Feb 2013
#3
I suspect the line between science and pseudoscience becomes blurry at times.
Lordquinton
Mar 2013
#72
If you are such a terrible parent that you would give a gun to a 12 year old...
Bjorn Against
Feb 2013
#12
It is not about "cultural diversity" it is about deadly weapons in the hands of children
Bjorn Against
Feb 2013
#23
Adam Lanza's mother used to like to bring him to the shooting range with her
Bjorn Against
Feb 2013
#32
You can think this is about gay comic books all you want but you just look ridiculous
Bjorn Against
Feb 2013
#52
Read the OP and you may understand that there are very few studies on guns
Bjorn Against
Feb 2013
#58
I would fear your term "grounding of the century" might prove to be too accurate
Bjorn Against
Feb 2013
#24
"Dumpster guns" seems to have become a new theme with our pro-gun friends here on DU.
Squinch
Feb 2013
#28
So, the controllers now make personal attacks on DU members' parenting skills?
Eleanors38
Feb 2013
#29
Not blindly, I only have criticized those who have admitted to giving kids guns
Bjorn Against
Feb 2013
#47
You can always find fuck ups. The vast number of folks are NOT irresponsible...
Eleanors38
Feb 2013
#46
So you might want to let the NRA in on your proposals, because they are out-voicing you.
Squinch
Mar 2013
#75
So we'll put you in the column of responsible gun owners who refuse to take responsibility for the
Squinch
Mar 2013
#74
Yes, yes. Everyone is being mean to you and trampling on your rights. Everyone who
Squinch
Mar 2013
#81