The authors said the findings, published last month, are the first empirical evidence linking ghost gun recovery rates to firearm suicide rates, laying an initial groundwork for understanding the health risks associated with homemade guns.
“Ghost guns are not just a law enforcement problem, they are a public health problem,” Jemar Bather, a biostatistician at NYU and the study’s lead author, told The Trace via email. “[They] can be acquired without background checks or waiting periods, bypassing the very safeguards designed to create a pause between intent and action, which makes them particularly consequential for individuals seeking means for self-harm.”
Although the findings showed an association between gun suicide and ghost gun recoveries, there was no statistical difference in homicides, which the authors said are epidemiologically distinct crimes that necessitate more research.
So-called ghost guns are built from 3-D-printed and kit-built components sold online, and they are not serialized, making them extremely difficult to trace. They first began circulating about 15 years ago, particularly in California, where the study originated. Because of their easy assembly and relative affordability, the market for the weapons was booming by 2016, and between 2017 and 2021, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives recovered 37,000 of them; more than half were recovered in California.
Last year, the Supreme Court upheld the Biden administration’s restrictions, which mandated that manufacturers serialize their kits, required sellers to have a license, and enforced background checks. The regulations seemed to be slowing down the availability of ghost guns, as police are recovering fewer of them.
“Practitioners and policymakers alike should consider strengthening ghost gun regulations as a component of comprehensive suicide prevention strategies,” said Bather.
— Fairriona Magee in Ghost Guns Are Linked to an Increase in Suicide Rates
Anyone who has looked into 3D printed guns knows there is an ass load of work and time involved.
Waiting for your 3D printed parts will be longer than the 48 or 72 hour waiting period these morons often tout.
The whole idea is preposterous.
When knives, razors, tall buildings, rope, buses and drugs are omnipresent in our daily lives what desperately suicidal person is going to wait a week or two to assemble a gun that may or may not get the job done?
Besides, my body my choice, right? I guess it’s only okay if an agent of the state kills me ala Canadians being euthanized for being too poor or having seasonal affective disorder.
That AI slop in the top shot is nightmarish cancer.
The picture above is missing some context. Follow the link below it to Twitter/X and see the full picture. Yes, it’s AI generated but the full picture makes more sense
This is BS.
The government encourages suicide.
In fact the number one killer of Canadian citizens is the Canadian government itself. And in Oregon that state government will
soon be, the number one killer of the states residents. Because they like Canada have an “assisted” suicide law.
In this case the libertarians liberals and leftists, support a government who kills its own citizens.
Roses are red, violets are blue, the bad guys will break in to get what they think they are due: Valentine’s Day Home Invasion Attempt Ends in Fatal Shooting in Stockton, CA.
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The Deadly Fraud of Forced Helplessness: Why ‘Gun-Free’ Zones are a Gift to Killers.
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The spread of Epstein files ‘who dun it’ torpedoes fired at Trump by democrats circles back to hit one of the actual ‘who dun it’ targets, again, yep its another left winger and this time in the U.K.: Things Just Got Real – Giuffre Family Reaction to Britain’s ‘Prince’ Andrew Arrest for Epstein Revelations.
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