MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGuns, Republicans and "manliness": We all suffer from the right's mental health crisiswww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1714arrow-down169file-text
arrow-up1645arrow-down1external-linkGuns, Republicans and "manliness": We all suffer from the right's mental health crisiswww.salon.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square168fedilinkfile-text
Republican men seem massively troubled about their masculinity — and that’s literally causing death and suffering
minus-squarebastion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down15·edit-21 year agoIf your bad, lonely night is that bad and lonely, you probably were unstable to begin with. I wonder how many of those gun suicides were actually impulsive, and how many were premeditated.
minus-squareyata@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoYou don’t have to wonder, this has been studied: Gun owners and their families are up to 8 times much more likely to kill themselves than are non-gun-owners.
minus-squareDinodicchellathicc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoThat doesn’t include attempts though. I think we agree that guns are most effective, but I’d like to see if gun owners are more predisposed to attempt than non gunners
If your bad, lonely night is that bad and lonely, you probably were unstable to begin with.
I wonder how many of those gun suicides were actually impulsive, and how many were premeditated.
You don’t have to wonder, this has been studied: Gun owners and their families are up to 8 times much more likely to kill themselves than are non-gun-owners.
That doesn’t include attempts though. I think we agree that guns are most effective, but I’d like to see if gun owners are more predisposed to attempt than non gunners