(March 29, 2013 at 8:28 am)festive1 Wrote: However, by that reasoning, we should just outright ban all guns, because some 12,600 people were murdered by guns. Add to that the 60,000+ suicides (from the beginning of this discussion), and that brings the total close to 80,000 people, dead in the US from gun violence. Is that a big enough number for you?
We're in a recession as of speaking, so suicides are going to be more common.
I'd instead suggest suicide-preventive infrastructure, mandatory training for employers to recognize symptoms of depression; the prohibition of arms from the mentally ill, felons, and men of subaverage intelligence; and laws requiring arms to be stored in locked cases.