Suggestion about suicide prevention

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Proper gun control would be more effective.



http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine-fea...dden-toll/

I don't have a strong opinion about gun laws one way or the other, but if someone truly wanted to kill themselves they'd find a way to do it with or without a gun.

It is a question of effectiveness.

As the article notes:

Though guns are not the most common method by which people attempt suicide, they are the most lethal. About 85 percent of suicide attempts with a firearm end in death. (Drug overdose, the most widely used method in suicide attempts, is fatal in less than 3 percent of cases.) Moreover, guns are an irreversible solution to what is often a passing crisis. Suicidal individuals who take pills or inhale car exhaust or use razors have time to reconsider their actions or summon help. With a firearm, once the trigger is pulled, there’s no turning back.