Official Mass Shooter Thread

[vulcanlogician]

The statistics say that it is more likely that having a gun in your home is much more likely to kill yourself ...

This reminds me of a research paper I wrote some years back. Psychology class. Vista Bridge, Portland Oregon. The site of many suicides. So the city erected a barrier that made it nigh impossible for people to jump off.

You'd guess people would just go to another bridge. But most did not. Erecting the barrier actually reduced total suicides... just by making it inconvenient.

That fascinated me. I think this gives us some insight into the nature of suicidal motivation. There is a natural reluctance to commit the act within those who would consider it. Making it inconvenient, though it seems trivial, does real work in suicide prevention.

Guns are a stickier issue. As are mass shootings. Not really commenting on any of that. But the "create obstacle" method of suicide prevention is quite interesting, and deserves our attention.