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In reply to the discussion: 90,000 since Sandyhook?? [View all]Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)58. Just to mention a few.
[link:http://action.npalliance.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15783&track=googlead&gclid=CNj0sP7so80CFZSCaQod8v4E8g|]
[link:http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-07-02/quietly-congress-extends-ban-cdc-research-gun-violence|]
[link:https://www.thetrace.org/2016/04/cdc-gun-violence-research-ban-doctors-for-america/|]
[link:http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/263404-house-dems-lose-fight-to-nix-gun-research-ban-in-budget|]
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Nope and notice they are trying to rationalize gun culture by saying those that killed themselves
Rex
Jun 2016
#10
For people that pulled the trigger and ended a life? Yep, she is using accurate numbers.
Rex
Jun 2016
#55
We can't talk about deaths from gun violence unless all deaths from all other causes are stamped out
Major Nikon
Jun 2016
#44
People who try to commit suicide with poison or cutting there wrists etc, usually back out.
LiberalArkie
Jun 2016
#27
I'm sorry for your loss. Suicides happen by other means, yes, but guns do make it easier.
Zynx
Jun 2016
#40