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To: combjelly who wrote (893442)	10/13/2015 2:15:20 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572970

CJ, according to the Washington Post, most of that decline was due to a reduction in the amount of suicides by firearm: It seems reasonably clear, then, that the gun buyback led to a large decline in suicides, and weaker but real evidence that it reduced homicides as well. Such a buyback isn't in the cards in the U.S. anytime soon — an equivalent buyback here would entail the destruction of 40 million guns — but the data suggest Howard might have a case. Seems to make sense. For a person considering suicide, a gun in the hand makes that fateful decision a lot easier to make than a knife or a rope. Reminds me of when Hulk Hogan was at a low point in his post-wrestling life. He was holding a handgun and was thinking about how easy it would be to pull the trigger and end his own pain, but a phone call from Laila Ali broke him out of his mental state and essentially saved his life. Tenchusatsu

To: combjelly who wrote (893442)	10/13/2015 2:20:21 PM
From: Broken_Clock	1 Recommendation Recommended By TimF Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572970

From that chart and this one it is easy to see that the amount of guns in the population has little to do with deaths by gun. The number of guns has risen dramatically yet gun deaths are flat. based on your assertions, gun deaths should mirror this chart, but do not.