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Gun Control & RKBA

beevul

(12,194 posts)

11. "Peeling" them away to where, exactly?

Reply to SecularMotion (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 12, 2014, 01:04 AM

Mar 2014

"You're right. I should have written "suicides by gun are not gun violence."

Oh, I get it. Looking at suicides for what they are, rather than lumping them into the general term "gun violence" in an effort to misrepresent the truth, is a gun lobby tactic...

You better start calling mental health clinics and professionals, and let them know they're using gun lobby tactics, by not including gun murders into it when they talk about suicide stats.

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Firearms industry benefits from America’s gun violence [View all] SecularMotion Mar 2014 OP

just a few notes gejohnston Mar 2014 #1

You're on ignore by now. ileus Mar 2014 #2

I don't put gun nuts on ignore so that I can be on juries when members alert on their posts. SecularMotion Mar 2014 #3

Cite just one incident of that ever happening on DU. beevul Mar 2014 #6

Peeling away the number of suicides from the total number of gun deaths SecularMotion Mar 2014 #7

actually that isn't a gun lobby tactic to lessen the statistics gejohnston Mar 2014 #8

"Peeling" them away to where, exactly? beevul Mar 2014 #11

I don't have you on ignore. oneshooter Mar 2014 #13

The SYG laws... freebrew Mar 2014 #4

Where do you get your information? gejohnston Mar 2014 #9

Some follow up comments Token Republican Mar 2014 #12

Firearms Industry Benefits from Gun Control Efforts. Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #5

Perhaps true but the firearms industry benefits far more from efforts to pass strong gun control ... spin Mar 2014 #10

:) DRAEGER Mar 2014 #14

Thanks. I think we largely agree. Welcome to DU. (n/t) spin Mar 2014 #16

Nice DashOneBravo Mar 2014 #15