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2016 Postmortem

MillennialDem

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16. You're honestly trying to tell me that shooting yourself in the head is a more certain method of

Reply to steve2470 (Reply #12)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 10:57 PM

Mar 2014

death than jumping off a 500+ foot tall building?

Outside of getting blown back in by the wind or missing and landing a floor or two down, a 500 foot fall (onto concrete) is certain, instant splatter.

A gunshot wound to the head is not certain (see Gabby Giffords and many other survivors) and perhaps more importantly even if fatal it's not always as instant as people make it out to be.

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Guns Are Far More Likely to Be Used in Suicide Than in Killing Bad Guys [View all] Redfairen Mar 2014 OP

If I kept a gun I would be dead by now. CBGLuthier Mar 2014 #1

Me too libodem Mar 2014 #8

If only you had a gun--you wouldn't have killed yourself! Arkana Mar 2014 #2

Why is killing the bad guy the only metric? hack89 Mar 2014 #3

And why is successful suicide the only metric MillennialDem Mar 2014 #5

Good questions. Lay out the hard numbers and lets talk about it. nt hack89 Mar 2014 #6

You forgot the one where the bad guy shoots and kills you. TeamPooka Mar 2014 #10

Irrelevant to the point the OP is trying to make hack89 Mar 2014 #11

no, I'm arguing that just having a gun puts you in more danger. TeamPooka Mar 2014 #13

Why? Criminals shoot unarmed people all the time hack89 Mar 2014 #14

Nitpick: guns are not the surest way. Jumping off a 500+ foot tall building is 99.9% or higher rate MillennialDem Mar 2014 #4

steps (don't click this if you're squeamish) steve2470 Mar 2014 #12

You're honestly trying to tell me that shooting yourself in the head is a more certain method of MillennialDem Mar 2014 #16

ok good point steve2470 Mar 2014 #17

My mom worked in an ER. Among many other stories she told me was a guy who survived gun barrel in MillennialDem Mar 2014 #18

Well, a pistol is easier to conceal than a 50-story building Orrex Mar 2014 #19

I said sorry to nitpick but the OP has this quote: MillennialDem Mar 2014 #20

Well, I guess I don't see the point of nit-picking, then. Orrex Mar 2014 #21

It seems like guns are more often than not used for anything BUT killing "bad guys" Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2014 #7

Murder Suicides otohara Mar 2014 #9

There are also thousands of accidental shootings TexasBushwhacker Mar 2014 #15