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Give yourselves a big hand fellow gluttons!
Friday, May 24, 2013
EAT EAT EAT... GO GO GLUTONS... Obesity Stats
Obesity Stats
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Give yourselves a big hand fellow gluttons!
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Give yourselves a big hand fellow gluttons!
Thursday, May 23, 2013
FAT HATE BONANZA!
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| Even Hoss Cartwright is Pissed |
FAT HATE BONANZA! by Chuck Roast
I am still so flabbergasted at the cruel mockery of these lovely BBW's that I remain at a loss for words. Perhaps Teddy and Fat Bastard can talk me down but right now because I am livid!!! I will add more editorial comments regarding this smudge on fat people and the movement. So watch for this article to change. I am sure Fat Bastard will want to add his outrage to this abomination.
Upon further reflection and a good talking down from Teddy Bear, I have regained my composure. I have spoken with Fat Bastard he reminded me that no one ever rushes to a fat man's defense the way I rushed to the defense of these much maligned ladies. Fat men have feelings too and they also suffer the cruel ridicule persecution that fat women suffer. I suppose if a bunch of skinny skanks like Me Me Roth and her band of fat haters started a similar thread about fat men people would laugh and think it was OK.
I am sure some of you put on the beer googles and porked a fatty. Luckily I got married before most women got fat. I have porked a few voluptuous babes but I have never porked a pig but I bet some of you younger guys have. As men, we all have a minimum standard. Clearly minimum standards have declined given the obesity crisis. Lots of standards have declined because of the obesity crisis.
When it comes to women and sex, what is your minimum standard? In other words how fat does she have to be to make Mr Happy recoil and shrivel up out of fear?
Pick the ones you would do. Then pick the ones you would need beer goggles for. Then pick the ones you would do for a million bucks. Then pick the ones you would rather die than pork.
Slendarina Hotters
Barbie Bonable OOO Yeah!
Patty Perhaps
I'd hit that.
Brenda Buffet
Gormanda Sealpup
Maida Ham
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Fatty Baluca
Panni Pannicula
Largina Crush
Rotunda Hindenberg
Orca Porka
Is this male or female? I can't tell!
Dora Doritos
She has an extra body part!
HOLY SHIT!
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Medical Marijauna For Weight Loss?
The following article discusses marijuana is a possible anti-obesogenic substance. Many questions arise both legal and moral upon this latest revelation. One must ask how the fatosphere is going to react to this recent scientific findings. Will they suddenly become violently anti-pot in the same way that they are violently anti-diet?
From a medical point of view a 33% reduction in obesity is significant so this begs the question, will medical marijuana dispensaries be selling marijuana for weight reduction?
People have asked me, Fat Bastard, for the reaction of the new fat acceptance movement. I tell them that we remain neutral on the subject as we see it as a wash and that we have no official position. Personally I, Fat Bastard, like it. Food tastes better when you are stoned and the fact that it makes you leaner allows you to eat more. How can that be bad? At the end of this article there will be some expert commentary from our resident culinary nutritionist and medical marijauna patient The Chef.
If cannabis causes the munchies, how is it possible that pot smokers are thinner than nonsmokers?
A new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology finds an intriguing connection between marijuana use and body weight, showing that rates of obesity are lower by roughly a third in people who smoke pot at least three times a week, compared with those who don’t use marijuana at all.
Researchers analyzed data from two large national surveys of the American population, which together included some 52,000 participants. In the first survey, they found that 22% of those who did not smoke marijuana were obese, compared with just 14% of the regular marijuana smokers. The second survey found that 25% of nonsmokers were obese, compared with 17% of regular cannabis users.
The association between pot smoking and lower risk of obesity remained strong even after adjusting for other factors that could influence body fat and health, such as cigarette smoking, age and gender. But the correlation between weed and weight doesn’t mean that marijuana smoking actually causes weight loss.
MORE: Cheers, Ladies! A Drink a Day May Mean Good Health in Older Age
Many other factors could account for the connection. For example, some research finds that highly religious people are less likely to take drugs, but more likely to be obese — perhaps because they’re substituting one compulsive behavior (overeating) for the other (smoking marijuana). So, some of the obese people in the national surveys may be religious folk, who might otherwise be heavy marijuana smokers, but are eating too much instead. That could make it look like marijuana is slimming.
Also consider that one of the most popular uses of medical marijuana is to stimulate appetite in people with cancer, AIDS or other diseases. Such patients are significantly less likely to be obese than the general population — so in this case, weight loss would precede or prompt the marijuana smoking.
Whatever the explanation for the link between marijuana and less obesity, it’s unlikely that cannabis could serve as an effective diet aid. For one, smoking pot has been shown to increase appetite in multiple studies, at least in the short-term, so it likely wouldn’t help dieters resist temptation.
Secondly, a drug that has the opposite effect of THC, marijuana’s main psychoactive ingredient, has itself been shown to aid dieting. Called rimonabant, at high doses the drug nearly tripled the weight loss achieved by people taking placebo. It also frequently caused severe depression and suicidal thoughts, however, so while it was briefly approved by European authorities, it was ultimately pulled from the market.
MORE: Reverse Engineering the Marijuana ‘Munchies’: What Causes Binge Eating?
Of course, none of this explains why marijuana smokers in the national survey samples didn’t get fatter by taking a drug that can clearly stimulate appetite. One factor may be tolerance: many of marijuana’s effects are reduced in frequent users, as the body adjusts to it.
Another may be substitution — the smokers could be seeking comfort by smoking more marijuana, rather than eating more. Or, perhaps other ingredients in cannabis like cannabidiol (CBD) could reduce the appetite-increasing effects of THC in the same way that they reduce its paranoia-inducing properties.
Whatever the case, marijuana research never lacks for surprises!
MORE: The Secrets of Self-Control: The Marshmallow Test 40 Years Later
Maia Szalavitz is a health writer at TIME.com. Find her on Twitter at @maiasz. You can also continue the discussion on TIME Healthland’s Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIMEHealthland.
From a medical point of view a 33% reduction in obesity is significant so this begs the question, will medical marijuana dispensaries be selling marijuana for weight reduction?
People have asked me, Fat Bastard, for the reaction of the new fat acceptance movement. I tell them that we remain neutral on the subject as we see it as a wash and that we have no official position. Personally I, Fat Bastard, like it. Food tastes better when you are stoned and the fact that it makes you leaner allows you to eat more. How can that be bad? At the end of this article there will be some expert commentary from our resident culinary nutritionist and medical marijauna patient The Chef.
Marijuana Slims? Why Pot Smokers Are Less Obese
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A new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology finds an intriguing connection between marijuana use and body weight, showing that rates of obesity are lower by roughly a third in people who smoke pot at least three times a week, compared with those who don’t use marijuana at all.
Researchers analyzed data from two large national surveys of the American population, which together included some 52,000 participants. In the first survey, they found that 22% of those who did not smoke marijuana were obese, compared with just 14% of the regular marijuana smokers. The second survey found that 25% of nonsmokers were obese, compared with 17% of regular cannabis users.
The association between pot smoking and lower risk of obesity remained strong even after adjusting for other factors that could influence body fat and health, such as cigarette smoking, age and gender. But the correlation between weed and weight doesn’t mean that marijuana smoking actually causes weight loss.
MORE: Cheers, Ladies! A Drink a Day May Mean Good Health in Older Age
Many other factors could account for the connection. For example, some research finds that highly religious people are less likely to take drugs, but more likely to be obese — perhaps because they’re substituting one compulsive behavior (overeating) for the other (smoking marijuana). So, some of the obese people in the national surveys may be religious folk, who might otherwise be heavy marijuana smokers, but are eating too much instead. That could make it look like marijuana is slimming.
Also consider that one of the most popular uses of medical marijuana is to stimulate appetite in people with cancer, AIDS or other diseases. Such patients are significantly less likely to be obese than the general population — so in this case, weight loss would precede or prompt the marijuana smoking.
Whatever the explanation for the link between marijuana and less obesity, it’s unlikely that cannabis could serve as an effective diet aid. For one, smoking pot has been shown to increase appetite in multiple studies, at least in the short-term, so it likely wouldn’t help dieters resist temptation.
Secondly, a drug that has the opposite effect of THC, marijuana’s main psychoactive ingredient, has itself been shown to aid dieting. Called rimonabant, at high doses the drug nearly tripled the weight loss achieved by people taking placebo. It also frequently caused severe depression and suicidal thoughts, however, so while it was briefly approved by European authorities, it was ultimately pulled from the market.
MORE: Reverse Engineering the Marijuana ‘Munchies’: What Causes Binge Eating?
Of course, none of this explains why marijuana smokers in the national survey samples didn’t get fatter by taking a drug that can clearly stimulate appetite. One factor may be tolerance: many of marijuana’s effects are reduced in frequent users, as the body adjusts to it.
Another may be substitution — the smokers could be seeking comfort by smoking more marijuana, rather than eating more. Or, perhaps other ingredients in cannabis like cannabidiol (CBD) could reduce the appetite-increasing effects of THC in the same way that they reduce its paranoia-inducing properties.
Whatever the case, marijuana research never lacks for surprises!
MORE: The Secrets of Self-Control: The Marshmallow Test 40 Years Later
Maia Szalavitz is a health writer at TIME.com. Find her on Twitter at @maiasz. You can also continue the discussion on TIME Healthland’s Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIMEHealthland.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Regarding NAAFA, Feederism and the New American Fat Acceptance Movement: A Firestorm Revisited
Regarding NAAFA, Feederism and the New American Fat Acceptance Movement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AFat_fetishism
Some time ago a reporter from CNN interviewed Bigger Fatter Blog's Proud FA and part of that interview is on Wikipedia. We will be updating this article when more information becomes available.
Has anyone heard these terms used before? It seems like terms some guy just made up for this article or something.24.218.109.83 (talk) 00:38, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
- I have heard of the term of "Maintainer" before, specifically on | Growing Guysand | Beefyfrat, but I have yet to have heard "Appreciator" Before.--Fumitol (talk) 01:29, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
WAY TO GO PROUD FA! OINK!
Wikipedia also makes reference to Fat Bastard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_fetishism#Relation_to_fat_acceptance_movement
Relation to fat acceptance movement
Some people involved in the fat acceptance movement argue that fat fetishism undermines social movements towards fat acceptance, through counter-productive objectification and dehumanization of fat people. They argue that often, fat fetishists (specifically feeders) derive sexual pleasure from increasing immobility, disability, or helplessness in the fat person through weight gain. Some people take issue with the coercion which is sometimes involved in fat fetishism.NAAFA draws a distinction between fat fetishism and fat admiration: NAAFA states that "a preference for a fat partner is as valid as any other preference based on physical characteristics",[3] but also condemns feederism as coercive.[2] NAAFA advocating that people "celebrate the current weight of their partner as one aspect of the whole person".[2]
Others in the Fat Acceptance Movement such as Mike (Fat Bastard) Gerard of NAFAM (New American Fat Acceptance Movement) takes a neutral position on feederism and sees no difference between fat admiration and fat fetishism.
NAAFA's condemnation of feederism was weak at best as NAAFA had/has a long standing relationship and productive history with Conrad Blickenstorfer's and his Dimensions Magazine, the internet's leading gaining and feederism site. Blickenstorfer (the Godfather of Feedersim) remianed on NAAFA's board of directors long after NAAFA's anemic condemnation of feederism.
I, Fat Bastard and Proud FA took a lot of heat from the fatosphere for exposing NAAFA's hypocrisy and duplicity. I guess some people just can't handle the truth or admit that their stewardship of the fat acceptance movement is what destroyed it.
The following are some exchanges that occurred between Proud FA, Wolf, Pig and I and some angry NAAFA girls.
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- You need a fact checker. Conrad has not been involved with NAAFA in over 5 years. It was after that time that NAAFA made their statement against feederism.
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Fat Bastard said...
- Anon, you are full of shit. What NAAFA says officially and what is really going on are two different things.
The fact remains that he was involved heavily (pun intended) with NAAFA for a very long time. When NAAFA condemned Conrad and feederism their membership and donations plummeted. NAAFA's dishonesty and hypocrisy came back and bit them.
They need a rooster in that hen house and Conrad was the rooster they needed.
Here at Bigger Fatter Blog we actively promote gluttony. NAAFA did the same thing but they denied they were promoting gluttony. If Conrad had been allowed to take the helm NAAFA would not be the joke it is today.
Dimension Magazine remains the Cadillac of gaining and feederism. Dimensions is unsurpassed by all the Johnny come lately feeder sites.
The only person to do more for fat acceptance than Conrad was Bill Fabrey. We are now carrying the Bill Fabrey torch. Our position on feederism and gaining remains neutral. We welcome gainers and feeders into the New American Fat Acceptance Movement (NAFAM)
Both Bill and Conrad got it right. Neither Conrad nor Bill need NAAFA but NAAFA needs them. Sadly NAAFA is too stupid to see it.
Angry Sow, you are full of shit. Let's see some proof.
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- I agree Fat Bastard you fat bastard. NAAFA's position on feederism is hypocritical. The conventions have always been a feederist orgy.
Conrad was the best thing that ever happened to NAAFA. The NAAFA position hurt the entire movement. When the angry dykes and the other fat femminists took over it was like letting the inmates run the asylum.
Thank God for you Fat Bastard and your Bigger Fatter Blog. Now we fatlings stand a fighting chance.
THANK YOU!
- I agree Fat Bastard you fat bastard. NAAFA's position on feederism is hypocritical. The conventions have always been a feederist orgy.
- You should not attack NAAFA, the only group that is actually effective
in standing up for the rights of persons of size. Feederism is a
dangerous practice akin to slavery, in which a man forces a woman to
change her body size for his own gratification. We believe that womyn
have the right to choose their own food according to the principles of
Intuitive Eating, and in harmony with the guiding teaching of Health at
Every Size. It is about liberation, but your acceptance of feederism is
the opposite for womyn because it denies them their right to eat
according to Intuitive Eating.
You need to throw your support under the auspices of NAAFA leadership and reject feederism and perhaps there could even be a position of leadership available to you even though you are a former NAAFA member and have turned against the movement and thus against all womyn of size.
But as it stands right now your movement sounds like just a bunch of feeder apologists rather than a Fat Acceptance movement. You also deny the science behind obesity by insisting on an unproven relationship between calorie intake and weight, failing to comprehend the different metabolic processes of a womyn as she goes through the different stages of her life. All womyn experience this but men do not, and thus it is usually hard for an unenlightened man to understand this and appreciate a sensual woman with real curves.
Cheerio,
Fat Acceptance Womyn
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Proud FA said...
- Obesity boils down to calories in, calories out. The human body cannot
work any other way, just ask any doctor who ISN”T a quack and you will
get the same answer. When you eat too much and move too little you get
fat. The people at NAAFA are in denial, big time pig time and intuitive
eating is a sham. The people at NAAFA would have us believe that the
recent rise in obesity is somehow not real and obesity does not endanger
your health. Every thinking individual in this world knows this to be
false and a convenient excuse to remain as a big tub of lard. What they
don’t want to face is that people are gluttonous and that it is human
nature to greedily consume more than your fair share. NAAFA may be good
for fighting fat discrimination or standing up for the rights of fatties
but they sure as hell don’t get it when it comes to why people are
getting fat and why they cannot lose or will not lose weight. Feederism
is a big reason why people are fat and almost everyone practices it in
some form or another. Our love affair with food, its availability and
overabundance makes feederism all too easy. Our overindulgent lifestyle
and our inability to say no to food, greed, and gluttony is evidence of
this.
BTW, none of this matters in the slightest. As the US prints more and more money to prop up its government sponsored entitlements and the dollar inflates beyond control the big global economic cataclysm that is looming in the background will hit us like a tidal wave of reality. Once that happens all the gluttons will be nothing more than food for the savage hordes that will be let lose upon our soft, weak, gluttonous society. We are a fat weak nation of morons who are over dependant on electronic gadgets, petroleum, fast food and soft living and our demise is near. Too bad we are just too busy eating like pigs to notice.
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Proud FA said...
- I take offense at a lot of what you are saying. I know that NAAFA was
founded by a man, but he was an enlightened man who stood up for the
rights of womyn of size, which does not seem to be on your agenda at
all. Therefore if you are not part of the solution then you are part of
the problem.
Let's face the facts, NAAFA leadership has expanded the rights of persons of size both men and womyn and is a place where womyn can express themselves in a judgment-free zone, unlike in the male-dominated world outside where womyn are judged solely based on their genetic predisposition towards being anorexic. We take a broader view and recognize the rights of ALL humans, whether they are large or small or in between.
It is true that there is no such thing as "too fat" just as there is no such thing as "too tall" or "too short" or "too left-handed". Our bodies naturally attune to their appropriate weight by adjusting the metabolism to what the body intakes, to reach the pre-determined weight. This is why diets fail, since the body merely reduces the metabolism. When one eats to their heart's content they reach their appropriate weight.
However feederism is a subversion of this natural process, in which a man seeks to dominate and control his partner by causing her to eat more than she wants to eat, often under threats of physical violence, or with emotional abuse and ridicule about her weight, or by making her afraid that he will leave her if she does not eat more. This can cause weight gain to increase beyond what the natural amount would be if following Intuitive Eating.
We believe that eating is a personal choice, and should not be forced upon us by men for their fetishes. Womyn have been treated as sex objects for milennia, and NAAFA is the way to end this.
Of course if there were female feeders we would oppose this as well, but of course there are none because only men are capable of such evil. Women are more in tune with the earth, and their bodies, and thus they do not seek pleasure by inflicting pain on others. It's basic science.
As for the preferences of womyn of size, they can pick their mates at will. Who says it even has to be a man? This is just more of the hetero-normative garbage that the media has been spewing for the last 50 years. A womyn needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle. But for those womyn who deign to choose men, weight has nothing to do with it. Men should be attracted to womyn based on their personality only, not on such irrelevant factors such as body size. Get it?
It doesn't matter if you marry a thin womyn or not, but I just hope that you do not engage in feederism with her and that if she does I hope she ends the relationship. I also hope that she joins NAAFA.
To respond to Mr. Wolf, the body's calorie intake affects your metabolism. The more calories you intake, the higher your metabolism, which burns more calories in excess of your natural weight. This is why diets only work temporarily and yo-yo diets actually increase weight gain by throwing the natural metabolism out of balance.
Also there are many health benefits of being a person of size, such as a higher chance of surviving a heart attack. Your own "Teddy Bear" has even pointed out that he saw a skinny man die of a heart attack but has never seen a fat man die of a heart attack. This is scientific evidence that cannot be ignored.
Let's just face the facts and agree that the so-called health detriments of obesity are actually caused by the SHAME and tormenting done by the mass media, fashion magazines that give young womyn unrealistic expectations of their body size, and men's unrealistic expectations of womny's body size based on PORNOGRAPHY magazines and the like, are the real culprits here.
Cheerio,
Fat Acceptance Womyn
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Fat Bastard said...
You Womyn are always bitching about something.
Our Agenda is the same as Bill Fabrey's and more. Bill set out to AID fat people and he is doing that to this very day with Ample Stuff. We are doing what NAFFA does but does not acknowledge. WE PROMOTE GLUTTONY AND OBESITY for ALL fatlings not just the ones with a vagina. That is the reason for why Google analytics says that Bigger Fatter Blog is the leading fat acceptance site. Bigger Fatter Blog represents fat people of every age, gender, race, color, creed and political stripe.
Fat people are gluttons and this bullshit denial of the obesity gluttony connection has hurt the movement and it has hurt fat people. Most fatling know that they are gluttons but they think that gluttony is a bad thing. Gluttony is the last tabboo. We are here to tell people that GLUTTONY IS GOOD!
The way you fat girls blame lean and skinny women for the fact that you are fat and bitter about it never ceases to amaze me. Stop playing the victims. You fat girls get laid a hell of a lot more than fat guys and you fat girls fuck a lot more and get knocked up a lot more than skinny women. You fat womyn are just a dildo or a tongue away form getting your switches flicked. We fat guys have all sorts of problems getting wood even if we can find a girl who will fuck us. To make matters worse many of us are too fat to fuck a fat girl. In spite of that we fat boys are not a bunch of whiners and we are not out there playing the victim.
Leave it to a womyn to deny the laws of physics and human metabolism. I have lost weight and I maintained that weight loss for 8 months but then I decided to return to my gluttonous ways and I suffered a recent fecal impaction as a result but is was worth it. FOOD RULES! FOOD IS MY GOD and it is your God too!
Food is love.
Before you womyn come here with all your out dated fat feminist NAAFA drivel you may want to read more of this blog.
You are also misrepresenting Dr Bear's work and statements. Dr Bear's work with fat soma-types is cutting edge. If you took the time to read his work on apples vs pears you would not make such misinformed statements regarding his body of work. Dr Bear's work is cutting edge and IMO should be included in every fat studies program here and abroad. IMO Teddy's work is the ONLY credible work published by anyone in the movement. Wann, Bliss, Campos and Portnick are not only unqualified but they are a joke. Teddy understands the science of it. He's the first and the best bariatric nutritionist on the planet. Teddy's mindful diet combined with his pear shape and low testosterone is why he has not had a heart attack. I could never have a BMI as high are Teddy and live more than a few months.
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Gun Facts, Data and Commonsense
What CONS and gun nuts won't acknowledge is that with rights come responsibilities, therefore only responsible people should own guns. With over 32,000+ gun deaths each year and many more accidental shooting and assaults it is quite clear that there are a lot of people who are not qualified to have guns. A responsible society balances the rights of citizens to own killing machines with the rights of people not to become victims of those killing machines. The victims of the Sandy Hook massacre certainly had their rights violated.
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| Link:Wayne LaPierre Draft Dodger |
FACT TIME!
There are 32,000+ gun deaths per year in the US. LINK
In 2010 there were 32,885 auto mobile related deaths. http://en.wikipedia....in_U.S._by_year
Motor vehicle deaths vs gun deaths in 2011: Source CDC
Motor vehicle traffic deaths
Number of deaths: 33,687
Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.9
All firearm deaths
Number of deaths: 31,672
Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.3 Source CDC
In 2010, guns took the lives of 31,076 Americans in homicides, suicides and unintentional shootings. This is the equivalent of more than 85 deaths each day and more than three deaths each hour.1
73,505 Americans were treated in hospital emergency departments for non-fatal gunshot wounds in 2010.2
Firearms were the third-leading cause of injury-related deaths nationwide in 2010, following poisoning and motor vehicle accidents.3
Between 1955 and 1975, the Vietnam War killed over 58,000 American soldiers – less than the number of civilians killed with guns in the U.S. in an average two-year period.4
In the first seven years of the U.S.-Iraq War, over 4,400 American soldiers were killed. Almost as many civilians are killed with guns in the U.S., however, every seven weeks.5
Homicide
Guns were used in 11,078 homicides in the U.S. in 2010, comprising almost 35% of all gun deaths, and over 68% of all homicides.6
On average, 33 gun homicides were committed each day for the years 2005-2010.7
Regions and states with higher rates of gun ownership have significantly higher rates of homicide than states with lower rates of gun ownership.8
Where guns are prevalent, there are significantly more homicides, particularly gun homicides.9
Suicide
Firearms were used in 19,392 suicides in the U.S. in 2010, constituting almost 62% of all gun deaths.10
Over 50% of all suicides are committed with a firearm.11
On average, 49 gun suicides were committed each day for the years 2005-2010.12
White males, about 40% of the U.S. population, accounted for over 80% of firearm suicides in 2010.13
A study of California handgun purchasers found that in the first year after the purchase of a handgun, suicide was the leading cause of death among the purchasers.14
Firearms were used in nearly 44% of suicide deaths among persons under age 25 in 2010.15
More than 75% of guns used in suicide attempts and unintentional injuries of 0-19 year-olds were stored in the residence of the victim, a relative, or a friend.16
The risk of suicide increases in homes where guns are kept loaded and/or unlocked.17
Unintentional Deaths and Injuries
In 2010, unintentional firearm injuries caused the deaths of 606 people.18
From 2005-2010, almost 3,800 people in the U.S. died from unintentional shootings.19
Over 1,300 victims of unintentional shootings for the period 2005–2010 were under 25 years of age.20
People of all age groups are significantly more likely to die from unintentional firearm injuries when they live in states with more guns, relative to states with fewer guns. On average, states with the highest gun levels had nine times the rate of unintentional firearms deaths compared to states with the lowest gun levels.21
A federal government study of unintentional shootings found that 8% of such shooting deaths resulted from shots fired by children under the age of six.22
The U.S. General Accounting Office has estimated that 31% of unintentional deaths caused by firearms might be prevented by the addition of two devices: a child-proof safety lock (8%) and a loading indicator (23%).23
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| Shooting sprees are not rare in the United States. Mother Jones has tracked and mapped every shooting spree in the last three decades. “Since 1982, there have been at least 61 mass murders carried out with firearms across the country, with the killings unfolding in 30 states from Massachusetts to Hawaii,” they found. And in most cases, the killers had obtained their weapons legally: Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/12/14/nine-facts-about-guns-and-mass-shootings-in-the-united-states/ |
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