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MrSandman

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Wed Feb-04-04 07:54 PM
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Firearms Mortality on the Decrease

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http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/tables/2003/03hus047.pdf

Firearms deaths in 2001 were 10.3 per 100,000, an increase of .1 from the previous year.

Firearms deaths in 1980 were 14.8 per 100,000.

This decrease despite proliferation of fair issue CCW.

Other than NICS, is there any gun control legislation this is attributed to.

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In 2000, suicide accounted for 1.6 time as many firearms deaths as homicide.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/pdf/nvsr50_15TB18.pdf

Could it be that firearms mortality is somehow independent of the number of firearms, firearms owners, or CCW permit holders? If so, should we not focus on the determinate variables? Gun control hasn't appeared to be a winner nationally.

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