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In reply to the discussion: gun violence control through mandatory liability insurance and taxation - from Forbes [View all]Dog Gone at Penigma
(433 posts)107. stats and stick figures
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I'm not seeing peer reviewing that debunks this, and I'm skeptical of any other kind. Looks to me like the police and MEs figured in this pretty thoroughly and that it conforms to the standards as well for public health analysis of shootings. This looks like one of those peer reviews:
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/160/10/929.full
Data from a US mortality follow-back survey were analyzed to determine whether having a firearm in the home increases the risk of a violent death in the home and whether risk varies by storage practice, type of gun, or number of guns in the home. Those persons with guns in the home were at greater risk than those without guns in the home of dying from a homicide in the home (adjusted odds ratio = 1.9, 95% confidence interval: 1.1, 3.4). They were also at greater risk of dying from a firearm homicide, but risk varied by age and whether the person was living with others at the time of death. The risk of dying from a suicide in the home was greater for males in homes with guns than for males without guns in the home (adjusted odds ratio = 10.4, 95% confidence interval: 5.8, 18.9). Persons with guns in the home were also more likely to have died from suicide committed with a firearm than from one committed by using a different method (adjusted odds ratio = 31.1, 95% confidence interval: 19.5, 49.6). Results show that regardless of storage practice, type of gun, or number of firearms in the home, having a gun in the home was associated with an increased risk of firearm homicide and firearm suicide in the home.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9715182
OBJECTIVE:
Determine the relative frequency with which guns in the home are used to injure or kill in self-defense, compared with the number of times these weapons are involved in an unintentional injury, suicide attempt, or criminal assault or homicide.
METHODS:
We reviewed the police, medical examiner, emergency medical service, emergency department, and hospital records of all fatal and nonfatal shootings in three U.S. cities: Memphis, Tennessee; Seattle, Washington; and Galveston, Texas.
RESULTS:
During the study interval (12 months in Memphis, 18 months in Seattle, and Galveston) 626 shootings occurred in or around a residence. This total included 54 unintentional shootings, 118 attempted or completed suicides, and 438 assaults/homicides. Thirteen shootings were legally justifiable or an act of self-defense, including three that involved law enforcement officers acting in the line of duty. For every time a gun in the home was used in a self-defense or legally justifiable shooting, there were four unintentional shootings, seven criminal assaults or homicides, and 11 attempted or completed suicides.
CONCLUSIONS:
Guns kept in homes are more likely to be involved in a fatal or nonfatal accidental shooting, criminal assault, or suicide attempt than to be used to injure or kill in self-defense.
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gun violence control through mandatory liability insurance and taxation - from Forbes [View all]
Dog Gone at Penigma
Dec 2012
OP
So, you claim to know what an entire magazine wants? Or are you just mindreading the author?
Dog Gone at Penigma
Dec 2012
#64
apparently you have no respect for the role that Medical examiners play in criminology
Dog Gone at Penigma
Dec 2012
#100
Oh, national review has declined tremendously since the days of Buckly.
Dog Gone at Penigma
Dec 2012
#103
I refer you to all of the research on the topic of substitution in means of suicides (or lack of it)
Dog Gone at Penigma
Dec 2012
#63
1%ers telling the rest of us how to live are very popular with that lot these days
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2012
#10
Existing liability policies generally cover damage from accidental or negligent discharges
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#8
that would likely change in the event that more gun owners sought liability insurance
Dog Gone at Penigma
Dec 2012
#23
Liability insurance that covered only gun-related incidents would be extremely inexpensive
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#71
FBI reports "Hands, fists, feet, etc." commit 5.7% of murders, Rifles and Shotguns for 5.4%.
jody
Dec 2012
#11
riders, or changing more policies to all risk, or adding guns as a named risk
Dog Gone at Penigma
Dec 2012
#24
1% drivel. Liability insurance takes away responsibility and accountability.
Starboard Tack
Dec 2012
#13
a different post, but one that expands on possible ways it could improve things
Dog Gone at Penigma
Dec 2012
#31
I had a $800 gun stolen while doing everything the restrictionists want me to do.
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#85
Liability policies universally exclude payouts for damages caused by criminal acts by...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#44
Is suicide by leaping off a bridge 'bridge violence'? 'gravity violence'?
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2012
#59
I agree - impose insurance requirement - I've started a petition at WhiteHousePetitions. Please HELP
wanttosavetheplanet
Dec 2012
#87