A 13yo is left alone with a gun and shoots himself to death, but you'd never know it from this extensive article on his death

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15 points dyzo-blue

I enjoy bashing Meta as much as the next guy, but Meta didn't force his parents to own a gun.

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6 points Bipedal_pedestrian

Or leave it unsecured in a house with children. Despite all gun nuts swearing that it’s only criminals who are irresponsible with guns.

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7 points pirate-private

owning a gun alone is typically an irresponsible act. factually. statistically. it´s a paradox that few gunowners are willing or able to accept, which is why ironically, gunowners are typically the least apt to own guns wherever guns are easily obtainable.

gunowners who realize this are few, and they will be extremely cautious and discreet with their guns while still recognizing the inherent danger they represent.

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3 points LordToastALot

And widespread access to guns makes it more likely.

Every single case-control study done in the United States has found the presence of a firearm in the home is a strong risk factor for suicide

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9125010

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8496111

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1820470

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8213677

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7963072

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12095900

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1380933/

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199208133270705

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10706163

https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/160/10/929/140858/Guns-in-the-Home-and-Risk-of-a-Violent-Death-in

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12910337

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16118006

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199911183412106

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18245165

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19494098

http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/494317

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12764330

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18456876

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21535097

http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/15/3/183.short

http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/1107281

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00123.x/full

http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/200330

http://jech.bmj.com/content/jech/58/10/841.full.pdf

That's 24 separate studies and a 2014 meta analysis of 16 different studies came the conclusion:

Access to firearms is associated with risk for completed suicide and being the victim of homicide

Means Matter

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1 points ieatchinesebabys

Would he not have just hung himself or used a knife if there was no gun?

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1 points LordToastALot

Not necessarily.

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1 points dyzo-blue

https://hsph.harvard.edu/research/means-matter/

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