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Orrex

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27. I see absolutely no problem with universal gun registration.

Mon Jul 22, 2013, 11:56 AM

Jul 2013

I'm sorry, but I have never heard a single reasonable objection to gun registration. I'd also like to see ballistic fingerprinting, but let's go one step at a time.

Also, universal background checks should be digitized and retained, rather than written on cards and destroyed immediately after the transaction.

In addition, I haven't heard anyone credibly claim "30,000 gun deaths" are annually due to homicide, except by dubiously asserting that "suicide is murder of oneself." However, a quick bit of googling got me to two interesting 2010 figures from the CDC:

Total homicides: 16,259
Firearm homicides: 11,078

Yikes!

The same site shows 19,392 firearm suicides for 2010, which I suppose is where we get the 30,000 figure. Of course, firearm suicides outnumber total homicides for 2010, which is indeed interesting. Absent a single-payer healthcare system with mental health services and/or suicide prevention programs, what might be done about this?

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So what gun law will prevent suicides? hack89 Jul 2013 #2

It's not just about *preventing* suicides, though that's part of it Orrex Jul 2013 #3

I appreciate how deadly guns are hack89 Jul 2013 #4

Great post! nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #5

Yeah, because gun advocates are so susceptible pscot Jul 2013 #8

It is the gun controllers that minimize mental health hack89 Jul 2013 #11

+100. n/t Skip Intro Jul 2013 #35

I think it would be helpful if you identified yourself as an NRA member in posts like this. Robb Jul 2013 #9

So how do you plan to make guns less available to healthy people with no criminal records? hack89 Jul 2013 #10

I accept that you appreciate how dangerous guns are, but... Orrex Jul 2013 #13

On the other hand we see those aggregate death totals hack89 Jul 2013 #14

It is appropriate to address multiple issues at once Orrex Jul 2013 #18

Of course someone should give his/her real name when they buy a gun hack89 Jul 2013 #20

I see absolutely no problem with universal gun registration. Orrex Jul 2013 #27

According to the FBI, there were 8,775 firearm murders in 2010 hack89 Jul 2013 #28

I see nothing wrong with calling it gun violence, because that's what it is. Orrex Jul 2013 #29

Short of a database to report and track psychiatric patients hack89 Jul 2013 #38

"Chunks of metal" Orrex Jul 2013 #39

So my guns are stolen and the thief kills someone. hack89 Jul 2013 #40

If the gun is registered to you, then you are responsible for it, aren't you now? Orrex Jul 2013 #41

No - not in the US legal system hack89 Jul 2013 #44

I never understood Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #48

Do retailers maintain records of who purchases which guns? For how long? Orrex Jul 2013 #49

Ok. Lets see what happens hack89 Jul 2013 #50

Of course they won't while the Conservative Party maintains a majority Orrex Jul 2013 #53

Makes you wonder why there isn't a political counterweight to the NRA hack89 Jul 2013 #54

A multi-billion dollar, centuries-old industry has a lot of firepower Orrex Jul 2013 #55

Could be hack89 Jul 2013 #58

The NRA is the propaganda wing of the gun industry Orrex Jul 2013 #64

Gun dealers must retain records for 20 years minimum n/t Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #51

Is this accessible in any reasonable way? Orrex Jul 2013 #52

What typically happens Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #56

Great info--thanks Orrex Jul 2013 #60

It isn't a problem of them doing a second check Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #66

What would gun registration accomplish? GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #62

The SCOTUS has been wrong many times Orrex Jul 2013 #63

After twelve years NY dropped their ballistics fingerprinting. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #30

Interesting--wasn't aware of that. Orrex Jul 2013 #31

It was in DU last year in the Gungeon. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #32

There's a problem of methodology, of course Orrex Jul 2013 #34

Universal background checks will help BainsBane Jul 2013 #19

Which I support. hack89 Jul 2013 #21

So what are you doing to get them passed at the federal level? BainsBane Jul 2013 #24

All of my representatives and Senators support UBCs and I have written to them hack89 Jul 2013 #26

Having responded to a lt of suicide calls Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #6

Guns and pills aren't the only methods of suicide. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #7

The study does not just compare guns and pills. Robb Jul 2013 #12

It leaves out lots of methods. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #16

You can find those methods on the CDC site BainsBane Jul 2013 #23

Try reading what I actually wrote. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #25

Many of those require physical dexterity and a lack of fear n2doc Jul 2013 #33

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From what I've gathered, most pill deaths are unintentional. fglad Jul 2013 #17

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Golden Gate was an example. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #37

Here's an idea - ban suicide by gun. Problem solved The Straight Story Jul 2013 #45

Better to protect Our Precious Guns at all costs Orrex Jul 2013 #57

It is not the guns I see as precious, but our personal freedoms The Straight Story Jul 2013 #61

Oh, here is some news you can use: The Straight Story Jul 2013 #46

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