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Study suggests confiscating personal weapons from suicidal service members
militarytimes.com | August 20, 2019 | Meghann Myers

Posted on 08/20/2019 12:18:55 PM PDT by PROCON

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KEYWORDS: banglist; gunconfiscation; suicide; usmilitary
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The study suggests that those in the Military who own personal firearms are more likely to commit suicide.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/08/20/study-suggests-confiscating-personal-weapons-from-suicidal-service-members/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=Socialflow+MIL

1 posted on 08/20/2019 12:18:55 PM PDT by PROCON
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2 posted on 08/20/2019 12:19:23 PM PDT by PROCON ('Progressive' is a Euphemism for <strike>Totalitarian</strike> COMMUNIST)
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To: PROCON

Are you being treated at the VA for PTSD?

No need to give up your guns. The men in the black Suburbans will personally come to your home and collect them for you.


3 posted on 08/20/2019 12:23:46 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: PROCON

Military personnel who are likely to commit suicide do not belong in the military, whether or not they have weapons.


4 posted on 08/20/2019 12:24:39 PM PDT by erkelly
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To: PROCON

I saw on tv that 27 policemen nationwide were killed in the line of duty last year and that 121 committed suicide. Should we take away guns from the cops too?


5 posted on 08/20/2019 12:26:38 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: PROCON

So like not having a gun will stop them? How about personal help??


6 posted on 08/20/2019 12:26:48 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: erkelly

Where do personnel that served 5 tours and have PTSD belong?


7 posted on 08/20/2019 12:27:32 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

I saw on tv that 27 policemen nationwide were killed in the line of duty last year and that 121 committed suicide. Should we take away guns from the cops too?
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Gov. Gavin Newsom holds up the measure by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, left, that he signed that limits the use of lethal force by law enforcement Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. Weber’s bill, AB392, would bar police from using lethal force unless it is necessary to prevent imminent threat of death or serious injury to themselves and others.

So if some police shoots himself, was that ‘necessary ...’.

If not he has broken the law. Can’t lock him up, but how about stopping any retirement or life insurance?

I’ll bet that would stop some of this cop-on-himself shooting.


8 posted on 08/20/2019 12:33:21 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (/S liberally (oops) applied to all posts.)
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To: PROCON

but first, confiscate all weapons from congress critters and their bodyguards, so they can doublecheck that enforcing the law will not adversely affect anyone’s safety.


9 posted on 08/20/2019 12:36:30 PM PDT by SteveH (intentionally blank)
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To: erkelly
These “suicide” or “we have to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill” stories are just bull shit stories to get you to agree to disarm, Mr. Kelly. Don't fall for them. The sheep bit big time on the “We need to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill” by taking yours[ they did not tell you that part] but that was how they intended to do it. And as far as the mentally ill go, why not keep the mentally ill away from guns? By confining then in Institutions.
10 posted on 08/20/2019 12:38:13 PM PDT by sport
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To: SkyDancer

You have hit the nail on the head. I visualized the government confiscating the veterans’ bedsheets, kitchen knives, etc. That’s really make life worth living, right?


11 posted on 08/20/2019 12:41:19 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (Call an addiction! hotline and say you're hooked on phonics.)
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To: Silentgypsy

Oops—That’ll


12 posted on 08/20/2019 12:43:55 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (Call an addiction! hotline and say you're hooked on phonics.)
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To: Silentgypsy

And denied entrance to tall buildings, freeway overpasses, etc


13 posted on 08/20/2019 12:46:24 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: SkyDancer

There we go!


14 posted on 08/20/2019 12:58:31 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (Call an addiction! hotline and say you're hooked on phonics.)
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To: PROCON

And of course, it will be hard core Leftist doctors who will decide who will and won’t get weapons, right?


15 posted on 08/20/2019 1:15:39 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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To: PROCON

Why?


16 posted on 08/20/2019 1:29:01 PM PDT by Renegade
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To: PROCON

Here we go. The far left ***holes are on a roll. The first people they screw over are the veterans.


17 posted on 08/20/2019 1:34:37 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: PROCON

Study also suggests not to enlist in the Navy since their target survey is heavily slanted towards sailors.

More drive by media gun control.


18 posted on 08/20/2019 1:35:38 PM PDT by TADSLOS (You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

About a year ago a VA employee told me that a formal PTSD diagnosis in your VA records will eventually lead to gun confiscation.

She said service members can still get PTSD treatment without a formal diagnosis at Vet Centers.

The only benefit a PTSD diagnosis will give a veteran is being one step closer to monetary compensation for PTSD. So the vet needs to weigh out what’s more important, several more dollars to spend each month, or being able to keep guns for self defense.

It’s so sad America’s veterans, those that risked their lives so lefties can still breath, are the same ones the lefties want to crap on every chance they get.


19 posted on 08/20/2019 1:41:02 PM PDT by redfreedom
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To: FlingWingFlyer

The ‘study’ is/was for active duty military.


20 posted on 08/20/2019 1:54:59 PM PDT by PROCON ('Progressive' is a Euphemism for <strike>Totalitarian</strike> COMMUNIST)
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