THE DANGER OF GUN-FREE SCHOOL ZONES

oralloy, How far would you go to assure that children arent able to reach guns until a certain age where they can absorn the significance of guns and their danger?

You recognize the danger of guns yet you are rather cavlier about accessing them.

Intrepid wrote:

The wisdom is to keep guns away from children. Also to make access difficult in domestic situations. etc. etc. The wisdom of such actions seem to go over the heads of those who are blinded by the vigilante mentality.

Simply keeping the guns locked up will keep the guns away from children.

You really shouldn't run around talking about wisdom. You aren't equipped for it.

losing your arguments.

snide remarks.

If I was so inclined, I could point out that you are also unarmed for a battle of wits. However, I doubt that you would understand it.

Intrepid wrote:

losing your arguments.

Liar.

Intrepid wrote:

snide remarks.

You've exposed yourself as being morally indistinguishable from a Nazi or a Klan freak. Contempt is warranted.

Intrepid wrote:

If I was so inclined, I could point out that you are also unarmed for a battle of wits. However, I doubt that you would understand it.

More lies and hypocrisy.

Getting a little out of control, are we?

There you go with the liar; Nazi and Clan garbage.

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Firearms legislation and reductions in firearm-related suicide deaths in New Zealand
A. L. Beautrais, D. M. Fergusson, L. J. Horwood

Objective: To examine the impact of introducing more restrictive firearms legislation (Amendment to the Arms Act, 1992) in New Zealand on suicides involving firearms.

Method: National suicide data were examined for 8 years before, and 10 years following the introduction of the legislation.

Results: After legislation, the mean annual rate of firearm-related suicides decreased by 46% for the total population (p < 0.0001), 66% for youth (15-24 years; p < 0.0001) and 39% for adults (≥25 years; p < 0.01). The fraction of all suicides accounted for by firearm-related suicides also reduced for all three populations (p < 0.0001). However, the introduction of firearms legislation was not associated with reductions in overall rates of suicide for all three populations.

Conclusions: Following the introduction of legislation restricting ownership and access to firearms, firearm-related suicides significantly decreased, particularly among youth. Overall rates of youth suicide also decreased over this time but it is not possible to determine the extent to which this was accounted for by changes in firearms legislation or other causes.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2006; 40:253-259

Finally, you may want to consider one more statistic...

* In 1996, handguns were used to murder 2 people in New Zealand, 15 in Japan, 30 in Great Britain, 106 in Canada, 213 in Germany and 9,390 in the United States.[23]

However, the introduction of firearms legislation was not associated with reductions in overall rates of suicide for all three populations.

The best response.

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...Medical facilities have a hard time keeping accurate statistics on Cobra bites because villagers seek the help of the local "Witch Doctor" or "Medicine Man" often before seeking professional medical help. Considered a big mistake in this modern age, it is this tradition that often delays a rapid professional medical response. This factor alone significantly increases the human mortality rate for Cobra envenomation with over 10,000 Cobra snake bites recorded in India alone each year. Almost immediately after envenomation, the victim may react with sudden convulsions, drowsiness, headache, limb paralysis, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting, intense abdominal pain and excruciating pain around the bite wound. Increased blood pressure and cardiac output is common but by far the greatest danger is respiratory failure. Fang marks may be deep puncture wounds or evidenced only by a series of small lacerations. Cobras are very capable of multiple snake bite strikes from a single snake, or not uncommon with Cobra strike encounters, envenomation from multiple snakes even for those skilled in Wilderness Survival....

The second ammendment is an idea whose time has come for the whole world, and not just the US.

gungasnake wrote:

The second ammendment is an idea whose time has come for the whole world, and not just the US.

Amen to that.

...Almost immediately after envenomation, the victim may react with sudden convulsions, drowsiness, headache, limb paralysis, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting, intense abdominal pain and excruciating pain around the bite wound. Increased blood pressure and cardiac output is common but by far the greatest danger is respiratory failure....

edgarblythe wrote:

The best response.

It would have been better yet for the little bigot to keep his hatred to himself in the first place.