Simulating shooting a gun is learned behavior from adult models, whether in real life or from media consumption.
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The test subjects who admitted that they derive their happiness through self-serving or hedonistic endeavors had unhealthy profiles, featuring high levels of biological markers "known to promote increased inflammation throughout the body"
When was the last time you were in the same room/area as your sheriff?
how do people go from kids loving to play with toy guns to that implying that when they grow up they will turn into violent beasts.
This story right here is an example of why owning a gun is more of a threat to your safety than a way to defend yourself from safety threats. People don't want to hear the statistics about the increased chance of death when there is a gun in the home; however, our minds are more receptive to testimonials rather than…
Congrats on advancing your education! I'm getting my Ph.D. in applied developmental psychology (the "applied" part meaning applied research as opposed to basic research) and one of the research projects I've been working is investigating the relationship between suicidal ideation and masculinity in older adults. I've…
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It just hit me...if you have that snail puppet at work, you must work somewhere awesome...
I must find one...
No need to be defensive. Earlier in this thread, I provided the facts regarding the effects of gun ownership on people's safety. Come up with all the hypothetical scenarios you want - these don't change the facts that have been uncovered with research on thousands of people.
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Please read the studies I linked. If you already have, then you've clearly misunderstood what you read.
A sample of over 2,000 people most definitely adequate! This is by no means a "small study." Maybe you should read up some more about how statistics work - start here to learn some more about sample size.
Please click the links I've provided earlier in this post. These are research studies, not opinions, that demonstrate that guns in the home are a public health threat. Having a gun in the home increases the chances of homicide and suicide for everyone in the household. The idea of protecting yourself and your family…
Absolutely! Taking the gun away from a suicidal person doesn't change the fact that someone's suicidal. However, according to one study, persons with guns in the home were also more likely to have died from suicide committed with a firearm than from one committed by using a different method (adjusted odds ratio =…
Anecdotal evidence isn't evidence...We can't make inferences about whole populations of people based on just one person's story. We need sample sizes with adequate statistical power in order to test our hypotheses.
"Since you are good at looking things up, I'll let you do it." —> So you're saying you can't find any studies showing that the number of deaths prevented by civilian gun ownership outweighs the number of deaths caused by civilian gun ownership?
You're talking about this study, right? The "95% confidence" is referring to the confidence intervals provided, meaning the researchers can be 95% confident that the true population odds ratio lies in between 1.1 and 3.4. It's not a 1.9% chance of homicide...this is an odds ratio, meaning the correct interpretation is…