Showing posts with label suicides. Show all posts
Showing posts with label suicides. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Death by gunshot is the third leading cause of childhood death in the US.

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Courtesy of Ars Technica :   Nearly 1,300 children aged 0 to 17 are killed by gunshots each year in the US, and nearly 5,800 more suffer...
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Friday, April 05, 2013

Study finds that states that vote conservative and have a higher ratio of gun ownership also tend to have more suicides. Filed under "Things that make perfect sense."

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Courtesy of Science Daily :   With few exceptions, states with the highest rates of gun ownership -- for example, Alaska, Montana, Wyom...
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Monday, March 18, 2013

In yet another blow to NRA talking points report shows that background checks for gun sales can dramatically reduce the number of suicides.

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Courtesy of Mother Jones :   US military brass have been spending a lot of time and money looking at how best to reduce the suicide rate...
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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Lawrence O'Donnell disusses the heart wrenching number of LGBT teen suicides in Michele Bachmann's district.

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy There is no excuse for children to feel isolated becaus...
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Friday, October 15, 2010

Fort Worth city councilman talks about painful past and tells suicidal gay teens that "it gets better."

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I am going to forewarn you that I watched this on Lawrence O'Donnell's "The Last Word" yesterday and found myself overcome...
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Sunday, October 03, 2010

Right wing religious groups fight against anti-bullying legislation for fear that it promotes an acceptance of homosexuality. Are you thinking "WTF?" Yeah, me too.

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From Think Progress : Last week, Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi jumped to his death after two classmates secretly recorded his...
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Thursday, January 31, 2008

If the goal of the surge was to increase the number of suicides among the active duty military then it has indeed been working.

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Suicides among active-duty soldiers in 2007 reached their highest level since the Army began keeping such records in 1980, according to a dr...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

CBS News reports on "stunning" number of hidden military suicides.

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Tonight CBS will air the first of a two-part series on the "hidden epidemic" of military suicides, revealing numbers that CBS call...
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