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Jeff from Alphecca, who, interestingly describes himself thusly, "An occasional blog by a gay gun-nut in Vermont. Opinions about all sorts of stuff I know nothing about" writes about the Violence Policy Center's most recent claim that western states with fewer gun control laws have higher suicide rates than eastern states with restrictive laws. Jeff puts the ridiculous claim by the VPC to bed in this post:
"Rand's arguments are specious on almost every level. First of all, you'll notice that most of the states listed are in the northern climes where suicides (of all ages) tend to occur with greater frequency anyway, by any means. Indeed, as this chart from the Psychiatric Times shows, countries such as Finland, New Zealand, Canada, Scotland, and Iceland and others all have higher rates than the US in almost every age group including teens. Some of them have double the rate and all of them have at least as many gun control laws in place as the states mentioned by the VPC press release."
It's a good read and an excellent analysis. My take on it:
"The real thrust of this effort is about Deconstructionism, and engineering a New Society that will be constructed on Reason and Human Secularism, with a healthy dose of Good Ol' Marxism.
These people's hobby - nay, religion, is the effort to deconstruct thousands of years of societal constructs that they view were created on illogical fears, initiating with sun-worship, and most recently evincing themselves in the re-election of The Great Satan, G.W. Bush.
What they aim to do: once they have successfully undermined what they consider to be a deeply dysfunctional society, they will build it back up using the Secular Humanist model: "there's no right or wrong, only shades of gray," and "evil people only need to have their motivations understood and their internal conflicts resolved to become Part Of The Collective," and "from each according to his means to each according to his needs." The effort to ban guns in any way possible is a reflection of their fear of the potential trouble they may have imposing their "ideas" on the rest of us.
They'll fix society, alright. Unfortunately, in the past when they tried it the effort usually involved Deconstruction and Rebuilding through violent means, as that's the only way to get us Great Unwashed Masses to comply with their loony philosphies.
When that happens, I'll be waiting with a rifle and a two-foot high pile of ammo."

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