US teens have easy access to guns

[Luddly Neddite]

U.S. teenagers have easy access to a firearm even if they have history of mental illness that increases suicide risk, study reveals

• 41% of teens said they had easy access to a firearm in their home
• Percentage was the same among teens with history of mental illness
• It means there is an increased risk of suicide among them
• Healthcare providers have been urged to talk to parents about safe storage

By Wills Robinson For Dailymail.com and Reuters


Published: 11:38 EST, 4 January 2015 | Updated: 14:02 EST, 4 January 2015

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  Concern: Teens with a history of mental illness had the same access to guns as those without, according to the study by the University of Washington School of Medicine's Harborview Medical Center in Seattle (file picture)
  
  U.S. teens report easy access to firearms, even when they have mental health problems that put them at an increased risk of suicide, according to a new study.
  
  Overall, 41 percent of teens who reported being in a home with a firearm had easy access to it. Among teens with a history of mental illness or suicidal acts, researchers found that percentage was the same.
  
  The American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics advise healthcare providers to talk about firearm safe storage with parents - especially those with at-risk youths at home.
  
  'Our goal of this study was to find out if those recommendations were being implemented effectively in the community,' said Dr. Joseph Simonetti, the study's lead author from the University of Washington School of Medicine's Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
  
  Simonetti and his colleagues write in JAMA Psychiatry that suicide is the second leading cause of death for U.S. teens. Having a firearm in the home is one risk factor for suicide, they add.
  
  Previous studies have found a lower suicide risk among residents of homes that practice safe storage of firearms.
  

Not a very current study but recent news would indicate that people are still not keeping kids safe from guns. And we still refuse to even address mental illness.

'spose Repubs will get right on that though.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Easier access to Abortion will reduce number of teens. Problem solved!

 

[Katzndogz]

Aw someone is scared shitless that a teen won't be able to stop some one from burning them alive.

 

[Harry Dresden]

U.S. teenagers have easy access to a firearm even if they have history of mental illness that increases suicide risk, study reveals

• 41% of teens said they had easy access to a firearm in their home
• Percentage was the same among teens with history of mental illness
• It means there is an increased risk of suicide among them
• Healthcare providers have been urged to talk to parents about safe storage

By Wills Robinson For Dailymail.com and Reuters


Published: 11:38 EST, 4 January 2015 | Updated: 14:02 EST, 4 January 2015

• 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Concern: Teens with a history of mental illness had the same access to guns as those without, according to the study by the University of Washington School of Medicine's Harborview Medical Center in Seattle (file picture)
  
  U.S. teens report easy access to firearms, even when they have mental health problems that put them at an increased risk of suicide, according to a new study.
  
  Overall, 41 percent of teens who reported being in a home with a firearm had easy access to it. Among teens with a history of mental illness or suicidal acts, researchers found that percentage was the same.
  
  The American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics advise healthcare providers to talk about firearm safe storage with parents - especially those with at-risk youths at home.
  
  'Our goal of this study was to find out if those recommendations were being implemented effectively in the community,' said Dr. Joseph Simonetti, the study's lead author from the University of Washington School of Medicine's Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
  
  Simonetti and his colleagues write in JAMA Psychiatry that suicide is the second leading cause of death for U.S. teens. Having a firearm in the home is one risk factor for suicide, they add.
  
  Previous studies have found a lower suicide risk among residents of homes that practice safe storage of firearms.

Not a very current study but recent news would indicate that people are still not keeping kids safe from guns. And we still refuse to even address mental illness.

'spose Repubs will get right on that though.

And we still refuse to even address mental illness.
like you can give a shit......

 

[Hossfly]

Ban. Guns. Yesterday. How's that, Nutley?

 

[TemplarKormac]

Ever hear of the black market? No pun intended.

 

[FA_Q2]

'spouse dems will get right on that as well right.

Nope, not addressing it at all. What a surprise. They would rather push useless gun control than actually addressing the problem. What a surprise.


Interesting enough, the solution was right in the quoted text - talk to parents about firearm storage when a medical professional determines that a teen might be at risk. Done. No need to even know if there is a firearm at all.

Also, recent news doesn't indicate jack shit. In a nation with 300,000,000 people, the incidents in the news don't represent even a slightest piece of the population. Common sense would easily tell you this.

 

[Anathema]

Sounds like a situation where we need to get rid of a lot of teenagers

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Ban. Guns. Yesterday. How's that, Nutley?

NO.

NEVER.

EVER.

Ever hear of the black market? No pun intended.

You always have to make it about race, don't you. Little putz.

'spouse dems will get right on that as well right.

Nope, not addressing it at all. What a surprise. They would rather push useless gun control than actually addressing the problem. What a surprise.


Interesting enough, the solution was right in the quoted text - talk to parents about firearm storage when a medical professional determines that a teen might be at risk. Done. No need to even know if there is a firearm at all.

Also, recent news doesn't indicate jack shit. In a nation with 300,000,000 people, the incidents in the news don't represent even a slightest piece of the population. Common sense would easily tell you this.

Its like pit bulls. After an attack, people always say, "I don't know. He was always fine before". After Columbine, one of the shooter's grandfathers said he had taught the kid how to be safe with fire arms and said he did not plan to change his ways.

Here, we read the willfully ignorant say they have taught their kids how to handle firearms safely.

And then they go and stick their heads back in the sand.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Sounds like a situation where we need to get rid of a lot of teenagers

You wouldn't feel that way if you had to bury your own.

Actually, knowing what else you have posted, I suppose you would.

 

[skookerasbil]

Oh Gawd

Imagine living your life like the OP.....every time you walk out of your house, you are looking to the sky to see if a house is falling on your head!!

 

[Anathema]

You wouldn't feel that way if you had to bury your own.

Actually, knowing what else you have posted, I suppose you would.

I'm smart enough not to have kids to begin with. Firearms are assets. Children are liabilities. The guns are a much better investment in both the short and long term

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Oh Gawd

Imagine living your life like the OP.....every time you walk out of your house, you are looking to the sky to see if a house is falling on your head!!

I'm not the one who is afraid to come out from under mummy's bed without a gun in my hand.

You wouldn't feel that way if you had to bury your own.

Actually, knowing what else you have posted, I suppose you would.

I'm smart enough not to have kids to begin with. Firearms are assets. Children are liabilities. The guns are a much better investment in both the short and long term

Children are a blessing and that's what the OP is about - protecting children.

 

[Anathema]

Children are a blessing and that's what the OP is about - protecting children.

Children are a royal pain in the ass. Nothing more. Especially teenagers. They're an expense and a liability, nothing more.

 

[skookerasbil]

Oh Gawd

Imagine living your life like the OP.....every time you walk out of your house, you are looking to the sky to see if a house is falling on your head!!

I'm not the one who is afraid to come out from under mummy's bed without a gun in my hand.

"a gun"

s0n......when I leave home, its with a virtual arsenal ( although in NewYorkistan, have to separate the ammo and the weapons FTG )

Hows the wiffle ball bat home defense collection coming BTW???

 

[Harry Dresden]

Oh Gawd

Imagine living your life like the OP.....every time you walk out of your house, you are looking to the sky to see if a house is falling on your head!!

I'm not the one who is afraid to come out from under mummy's bed without a gun in my hand.

You wouldn't feel that way if you had to bury your own.

Actually, knowing what else you have posted, I suppose you would.

I'm smart enough not to have kids to begin with. Firearms are assets. Children are liabilities. The guns are a much better investment in both the short and long term

Children are a blessing and that's what the OP is about - protecting children.

yea you sure proved that didnt you?....fucking hypocrite....

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

That random picture of a girl sitting with her back to the camera has convinced me that you are right. We must ban guns to prevent bad shoots (photography)

 

[007]

Aaaaaawwww... poooooor, poor Puddley... posting another "I'M SKEEERD OF GUNS" thread...