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Thread: Effect of firearms legislation on suicide and homicide in Canada from 1981 to 2016

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    Thanks CSC for bringing this to our attention. An interesting read.

    Some ridiculous assumptions made in this study. For example:

    Since all firearms owners in Canada have been required to hold a license since 2001, it is possible to use that data as a proxy for the availability of firearms per person. It has been hypothesized that increased availability of firearms increases the rate of firearms suicide and therefore overall suicide due to the high lethality of that method [14]. This is the first study to examine the prevalence of firearms and suicide in Canada using licensing as a proxy for availability. A regression model was created to test that relationship.
    Since when has the number of FACs or PALs/RPALs been a good predictor of 'availability of firearms' in Canada? This stat will come as small comfort to the families of victims in the recent NS shooting and most other multiple shootings and instances of gun-related gang violence, where the perpetrators are using black-market / smuggled guns.

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    Just read an article in the National Post that references this study. Not a bad read.

    https://nationalpost.com/opinion/col...dvocates-think

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    If someone really wants to kill themselves they can find a way, it's not that hard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by eldercanuck View Post
    Thanks CSC for bringing this to our attention. An interesting read.

    Some ridiculous assumptions made in this study. For example:



    Since when has the number of FACs or PALs/RPALs been a good predictor of 'availability of firearms' in Canada? This stat will come as small comfort to the families of victims in the recent NS shooting and most other multiple shootings and instances of gun-related gang violence, where the perpetrators are using black-market / smuggled guns.
    Since they were specifically trying to focus on the effects of firearms legislation on suicide.

    Also, last I checked it wasn't 22 people committing mass suicide in NS.
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