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2016 Postmortem

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

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 11:15 PM

Mar 2014

the mouth pointed at the brain.

Let me add it was a 12 gauge shotgun with a single projectile.

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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

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

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

ok good point steve2470 Mar 2014 #17

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

Murder Suicides otohara Mar 2014 #9

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