They can easily hang themselves with a belt, or lock themselves in the garage with the car running, or take a bottle of 'sleeping pills' - each of these things is equally as deadly in a suicide and more readily available in any household than a gun.
Totally anecdotal, I know, but in almost 20 years in EMS I saw probably exponentially more deaths from motor vehicle accidents than from gun related violence - and I spent about 5 years working in one of the worst cities in the country - Newark, NJ. On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why is it suprising? If there is more gun ownership, someone in a fit of > depression or just overly stressed out can very easily shoot > themselves...that is something that you rarely recover from. > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:44 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > Gun suicides maybe...but do you have more suicides on the whole? >> > >> >> The study Larry pointed too suggests yes....which is a bit surprising. >> >> -- >> Through the too many miles >> And the too little smiles >> I still remember you >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347457 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
