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2naSalit

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19. In my state

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 01:37 PM

Dec 2015

Montana, there is a long drive to most healthcare facilities if you don't live in a city... I know of three people who killed themselves with a gun after a cancer diagnosis and even more who just decided to drink themselves to death after a terminal illness was diagnosed. It's not just the access to healthcare, it's a mindset where the will to live goes away.

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Notice anything? [View all] Lochloosa Dec 2015 OP

A coincidence? world wide wally Dec 2015 #1

I expected PA to be higher. femmocrat Dec 2015 #2

Right wingers like to cite Chicago treestar Dec 2015 #3

The San Bernardino shooting, Sandy Hook and Aurora theater shooting all happened in blue states? Brickbat Dec 2015 #4

I don't think you're supposed to notice that. nt ladyVet Dec 2015 #22

Splashy, but tiny points of sensationalism in a nation awash in gun deaths. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2015 #26

And, btw, some of those 'blue' states really aren't. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2015 #29

Then I guess the map really has no meaning GummyBearz Dec 2015 #35

That some of the poorest states have the highest amount of gun violence? Rex Dec 2015 #5

I wonder if that's due to suicides. pintobean Dec 2015 #6

That is a good point, many of these deaths are suicides Rex Dec 2015 #7

Two thirds is what I've seen referenced. pintobean Dec 2015 #9

Well I am not buying what is being sold either. Rex Dec 2015 #12

Those Hawaiians need to start packing, gosh darnit!!! steve2470 Dec 2015 #8

I went on vacation to Hawaii once. jeff47 Dec 2015 #11

I hate to help the gun nuts out but this seems to show firearm deaths, not just shootings. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2015 #10

In my state 2naSalit Dec 2015 #19

New York ranks third after Hawaii and Massachusetts in lowest number KansDem Dec 2015 #13

Make it too expensive to live in NYC and the poor go elsewhere! Lucky Luciano Dec 2015 #17

Wow. MynameisBlarney Dec 2015 #14

Here is a list with the actual number of murders per state Lurks Often Dec 2015 #15

Cherry picking stats homegirl Dec 2015 #16

The OP cherry picked the stats too Lurks Often Dec 2015 #20

WTF are you talking about? Major Nikon Dec 2015 #36

Yawn Lurks Often Dec 2015 #39

Bullshit Major Nikon Dec 2015 #41

What's bullshit is blaming an object instead doing something about the underlying causes Lurks Often Dec 2015 #42

Wow! A clever repackaging of the tired old "guns don't kill people" line Major Nikon Dec 2015 #43

Is that all you can manage? Lurks Often Dec 2015 #44

You stole my line! Major Nikon Dec 2015 #45

So we should do nothing? Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #18

K&R nt Live and Learn Dec 2015 #21

"Rate" maps are misleading. beevul Dec 2015 #23

My lord, SC is just about covered with purple circles. raccoon Dec 2015 #24

Looks about right. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2015 #27

Maps like that are far more misleading Major Nikon Dec 2015 #37

To those not interested in looking at objective facts perhaps. beevul Dec 2015 #46

Sure, about as objective as looking at a map of the number of anal warts Major Nikon Dec 2015 #47

Yes: People in GOP-dominated states commit suicide a lot. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2015 #25

For one thing, Arkansas more gun deaths than Vermont. merrily Dec 2015 #28

Vermont has the least restrictive gun laws in the country. n/t meaculpa2011 Dec 2015 #31

Yet far fewer gun deaths than Arkansas. I'm not getting your point? merrily Dec 2015 #32

No point. Just an observation. n/t meaculpa2011 Dec 2015 #34

There were 2,300 murders in New York City... meaculpa2011 Dec 2015 #30

Yeah notice America gone nuts. lonestarnot Dec 2015 #33

missing are shootings where the victim survives. I think many more survive. Sunlei Dec 2015 #38

Ok. so rethugs will just off themselves faster kydo Dec 2015 #40