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MO BackSnacks program, Gun Lobby Attack on Health Reform Named "Best, Worst Prevention Ideas of the Week" by Partnership for Prevention Posted Tue 01 Dec 2009 10:05pm Misfires http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/white-house-takes-on-gun-lobbys-healt Gun Owners of America urged the defeat of the Senate health reform bill on the basis... of the Week,” while a misfire by the gun lobby regarding health reform was named “Worst Prevention Idea of the Week.” The Best/Worst Idea awards are a regular feature of Prevention Read on »

Does Possessing Guns Protect Gun Owners? by Partnership for Prevention Posted Tue 13 Oct 2009 10:04pm In a first-of its-kind study, epidemiologists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that, on average, guns did not protect those who possessed them from being shot in an assault. In fact, the study estimated that people with a gun were 4.5 times more likely to be shot in an assault than those not possessing a gun. The study Read on »

Guns or No Guns, Awareness Is Key by NatashaCall Patient Expert

Posted Mon 25 Aug 2008 3:36pm Guns or No Guns, Awareness Is Key By Natasha Call Are you aware of the U.S. gun statistics? I've thought about the "What ifs"...What if my family... of the statistics regarding the percentage of those who own guns and use them to protect their families as compared to the percentage of injuries, suicides and accidental deaths Read on »

Gun Control Laws…Just who is being protected by them? by debstake Patient Expert

Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:02pm There was a time when I was all for gun control and I cheered when the Brady Bill passed in 1994. However, that was then and we didn’t live in a country where the government is slowly stripping us of our constitutional rights. Yes, that is correct the right to own a gun is protected under the constitution. It is the second amendment; preceded Read on »

The Common Denominators of Unresolved Abandonment Issues and Guns in Mass Murders by John R. Medical Social Worker

Posted Thu 14 May 2009 4:58pm that are at the root of their actions, along with the asset to guns! I would like for you to read and listen to the information provided in the following links that reveal their unresolved... of acceptance, and d) in his eyes the Center's failure to teach him English and provide the America Dream. March 13, 2009 "Doubts Arise Over Threat by German Teenage Gunman" (Leske Read on »

Gun control? by Pharmacy God .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Wed 13 May 2009 10:38pm and screams while the second man crawls to the front door and lurches outside. As you pick up the telephone to call police, you know you're in trouble. In your country, most guns... were dead. The British public, already de -sensitized by eighty years of "gun control", demanded even tougher restrictions. (The seizure of all privately owned handguns Read on »

Tobacco: the smoking gun by Stephanie Butland Posted Tue 25 Aug 2009 7:26pm

1 Comment that: - every day in 2010, 12 million cigarettes will be smoked every minute around the world - more than 25% of adult male deaths in North America and Europe were caused by smoking Read on »

Suicide and America’s Youth by Kate McLaughlin. Patient Expert

People's HealthBlogger Awards 2008 - Best 100 Winner!

Posted Sat 20 Dec 2008 6:45pm %) completed suicides. • Access to and availability of firearms is a significant factor in the increase of youth suicide. Guns in the home are deadly to its occupants! • For every Read on »