Guns, Victims, and Criminals

[johno]

SEATTLE (AP) — People hospitalized with a gunshot wound are 30 times more likely to come back to the hospital with another firearm injury than those hospitalized for another medical reason, according to a new study from the University of Washington.

Gunshot victims also are twice as likely to be arrested for future violent or firearm-related crime, according to a study by the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center at the University of Washington.


http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/U ... 604716.php

^Somewhere there might be a clue for "reasonable gun safety solutions," instead of treating all citizens as infants or pre-criminals.

[Turdacious]

SEATTLE (AP) — People hospitalized with a gunshot wound are 30 times more likely to come back to the hospital with another firearm injury than those hospitalized for another medical reason, according to a new study from the University of Washington.

Gunshot victims also are twice as likely to be arrested for future violent or firearm-related crime, according to a study by the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center at the University of Washington.


http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/U ... 604716.php

^Somewhere there might be a clue for "reasonable gun safety solutions," instead of treating all citizens as infants or pre-criminals.

DID THEY DO THE STUDY IN CHICAGO?

[Blaidd Drwg]

There is one irrefutable public health message from gun statistics..

poor people buy cheap guns and shoot each other. a lot.

[DrDonkeyLove]

There is one irrefutable public health message from gun statistics.. poor people buy cheap guns and shoot each other. a lot.

A corollary could be that even cheap guns work rather well.

[Blaidd Drwg]

True...for those who think the .380 is ineffective round.