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		<title>Gun Control and School Shootings</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/02/15/gun-control-school-shootings/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Florida shooting]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[When a school shooting happens, good people become horrified and many ask for better gun laws. The answer that comes from the anti-safeguard lobby, those who mainly want guns to be unregulated with respect to ownership, safety, use, or disposition, is that such laws would not have stopped the tragedy that prompted the conversation. They &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/02/15/gun-control-school-shootings/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Gun Control and School Shootings</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Did 13 Reasons Spark A Spike In Suicides?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/07/31/did-13-reasons-spark-a-spike-in-suicides/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2017 22:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We do not know if the airing of &#8220;13 Reasons Why&#8221; caused an increase in suicide or not, and that in and of itself is astonishing. In the world of very advanced techniques for collecting and monitoring data, and in a world that we are led to believe is on the edge of the next &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/07/31/did-13-reasons-spark-a-spike-in-suicides/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Did 13 Reasons Spark A Spike In Suicides?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Today is Lock Up Your Gun Day</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/09/10/today-is-lock-up-your-gun-day/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2016 16:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Not really. But it is World Suicide Prevention Day. And, one way YOU can help prevent suicides is by keeping your gun locked up, separate from the ammo, and keeping the ammo locked up as well. Why? Here’s why: Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among teens and young adults and the 10th &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/09/10/today-is-lock-up-your-gun-day/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Today is Lock Up Your Gun Day</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What YOU can do about gun violence</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/10/02/what-you-can-do-about-gun-violence/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2015 17:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Violence and Guns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gun violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suicide]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why you have to do something about guns This message is primarily for those living in the United States. In the US, we have an outdated Constitutional amendment that has been interpreted by many, including the courts, in a way that hampers effective legislation to address what is clearly a major problem with the proliferation &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/10/02/what-you-can-do-about-gun-violence/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">What YOU can do about gun violence</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Suicide (and sometimes murder) on the Gun Range</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/01/17/suicide-and-sometimes-murder-on-the-gun-range/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Firearms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun control]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, a person shows up at a gun range, checks out a gun ostensibly to use in target practice on the range, but instead uses the gun to commit suicide. In one case not long ago, a woman brought her teenage son to the range, and checked out two pistols. They took turn shooting for &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/01/17/suicide-and-sometimes-murder-on-the-gun-range/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Suicide (and sometimes murder) on the Gun Range</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gay-Linked  Group Banned  From  Community Parade: Petition</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/10/07/gay-linked-group-banned-from-community-parade-petition/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anoka-Hennepin School Disstrict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin's Gift]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On July 9th, 2012, Anoka High School student Justin Aaberg committed suicide. Here in Minnesota, when a kid commits suicide we don&#8217;t talk about it; often the other kids in the school are never told. There&#8217;s just a funeral service and a yearbook page but no discussion, no action, no response. But, Justin was one &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/10/07/gay-linked-group-banned-from-community-parade-petition/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Gay-Linked  Group Banned  From  Community Parade: Petition</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gun control keeps suicides down</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/27/gun-control-keeps-suicides-down/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Firearms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Michael Bryant says: Most firearm deaths in Canada are suicides (over 75 per cent). Only 24 per cent are homicides. Suicides in Canada will go up if the Prime Minister isn’t careful about what he repeals. &#8230; Suicides dropped dramatically in Canada thanks to the federal gun registry. Not only do statistics prove as much, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/27/gun-control-keeps-suicides-down/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Gun control keeps suicides down</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Does Lithium in Drinking Water Reduce Suicide Rates?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/03/does-lithium-in-drinking-water/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 16:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain and Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lithium]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lithium has long been used as a psychotherapeutic drug, and treatment with lithium demonstrably reduces incidence of suicide. Lithium also occurs naturally in groundwater to varying degrees. This study explores the relative amount of Lithium in groundwater and suicide in 18 municipalities in Oita prefecture, Japan over a period running from 2002 to 2006. There &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/03/does-lithium-in-drinking-water/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Does Lithium in Drinking Water Reduce Suicide Rates?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>When depression and suicide comes to your family &#8230;</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/17/when-depression-and-suicide-co/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8230; there is no way to turn way from it, but we are often poorly prepared to deal with it, especially when it involves teenagers. Face it: adults like it when teenagers finally learn to hide some of their emotions. Maturity = knowing how to leave other people out of your bad shit. We reward &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/17/when-depression-and-suicide-co/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">When depression and suicide comes to your family &#8230;</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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