[copycat]

Well, to start with banning handguns wouldn't stop any suicides...taking pills is just as easy. And I'm sure a lot of those deaths are gangland deaths, where they wouldn't obey the ban anyway.

Meanwhile EVERY life saved by a handgun is a legitimate stat, and from my reading, there's a LOT more than 20,000 a year.

BOTTOM LINE...Banning handguns would cause more deaths than it saved.

FReegards...

[coloradan]

Well, to start with banning handguns wouldn't stop any suicides...taking pills is just as easy.

They don't want to stop suicides, only gun suicides. You can tell that I'm correct because if they cared about nongun suicides, they would have cited the number. But they didn't.

And I'm sure a lot of those deaths are gangland deaths, where they wouldn't obey the ban anyway.

...Where there are already gun bans anyway, and even though many perpetrators are under 18 and therefore already are under a ban that is presently in effect.

Meanwhile EVERY life saved by a handgun is a legitimate stat, and from my reading, there's a LOT more than 20,000 a year. ... BOTTOM LINE...Banning handguns would cause more deaths than it saved.

Hey! What do you want from these people? They're the Violence Policy Center - do you actually think they seek nonviolence?

[baseballfanjm]

I quite agree with you.