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> a major critique of this methodology remains unanswered: that the increased risk of completed suicide is so tightly coupled with military servitude that the r

• tomlockwood 7y ago
  I say this supposedly major critique isn't represented in the data. The everytown article you seem to be mentioning recommends tighter gun controls.
  • jMyles 7y ago
    <slow blink>, yes, we know that the best funded arms restriction organization in the world recommends tighter gun restrictions. Obviously. I have to say: I think that you have stopped making sense or putting in any effort to this discussion so I'm just going to move on.
    • tomlockwood 7y ago
      In 2016 a meta-analysis of 130 studies across 10 countries also found them to be effective. I think one of the strongest predictors of suicide is gender - but I'm not sure you'd find many gun control advocates advocating for gender based controls. But I suppose since the studies sometimes don't explicitly call out the correlation between gender and suicide that their methodology and conclusions must be... invalid??? I fully acknowledge and think it is an absolute tragedy that veterans can't access the support services they need, and I think that problem, and the problem of mental health issues in America could be mostly addressed by a better healthcare system. For many of the gun suicides and some of the murders though, better gun control is effective.