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17. Many societies have "messed up" parents and kids. Yet they don't have our gun death problem.

Mon Oct 12, 2015, 01:08 PM

Oct 2015

I don't think you can blame the epidemic of school shootings on mothers not breast feeding their babies. Breast feeding has increased dramatically in recent years to 77% now. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-breast-feeding-rates-rise-to-77-percent-of-us-moms/ It marks a steady increase over the decades, from a low of 24% in 1971, to 60% in 1989, then 69.5% in 2001. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448139/ Yet the rate of mass shootings in the US has tripled since 2011. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/mass-shootings-increasing-harvard-research.

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Basic Gun Violence Research Is Seriously Underfunded [View all] frizzled Oct 2015 OP

I do not think they should adocate Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #2

they did not have any facts on there side Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #5

The one Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #19

What are they supposed to do with the research? flamin lib Oct 2015 #7

That is for other organizations to take the plain data and do Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #8

I reiterate the previous response . . . flamin lib Oct 2015 #9

I know, you have nothing Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #11

Gotta have the last word even if it is to double down on, flamin lib Oct 2015 #12

That language prevents peer reviewed research Gormy Cuss Oct 2015 #14

Coming to reasonable conclusions based on data is not "advocating." SunSeeker Oct 2015 #20

I do agree there are very underfunded Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #6

Yup. Sad isn't it? SunSeeker Oct 2015 #15

K&R! stonecutter357 Oct 2015 #16

why does it happen that way? mikepete Oct 2015 #22

frizzled.....we have to lock your post GP6971 Oct 2015 #23