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Originally Posted by Jeff OTMG
It isn't true of suicide. People committing suicide use whatever method is available. Removing firearms from a population does not prevent suicide. See Japan.
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Lethal violence and crime have always existed and will always exist. That fact does not minimize the factors that contribute to shifts in violence and crime. There are numerous factors that contribute to stagnancy, increases, and decreases in violence and crime incidents and rates. If gun access and gun culture were factors in Japan, the data over 10-20 years may reflect shifts in incidents and rates of suicide attempts and completed suicides.
People committing violence and crime will use whatever method is available. If guns are not available, the violence and crime will simply not be gun violence and gun crime. For instance, some offenders burglarize and rob without guns. That fact does not eliminate the trend of gun access on the part of the offender and the potential victim increasing the opportunity for a crime to be committed and increasing the likelihood of violence.
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