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BigmanPigman

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1. Tons of suicides in the US are committed with a gun.

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Tue Mar 27, 2018, 09:54 PM

Mar 2018

In Japan they go to cliffs. Every society has suicides but the means vary. If guns are not available they use a different method. The difference with guns and the US is that many men who do it kill other innocent people too.

http://www.bradycampaign.org/the-truth-about-suicide-guns

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/upshot/gun-deaths-are-mostly-suicides.html
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Here's why 84 male figures are standing on the edges of London rooftops [View all] Demovictory9 Mar 2018 OP

Tons of suicides in the US are committed with a gun. BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #1

In my life I've known 2 suicides, both were unmarried men over 50 FakeNoose Mar 2018 #2

I know over a dozen people who killed themselves for various reasons throughout BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #4

My ex-brother-in-law dove off a small cliff ProudLib72 Mar 2018 #3

Not exactly true Major Nikon Mar 2018 #6

But easy access to a gun makes suicide more likely. SunSeeker Mar 2018 #8

Acting on impulse is the main link between successful suicides BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #10

Love how other countries concentrate on what Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2018 #5

My nephew was just 21, hung himself. mountain grammy Mar 2018 #7

Then there are those who shoot themselves in the head and don't die- but are left with the damage. NBachers Mar 2018 #9

Years ago, I had a hospital patient - failed suicide, through and through both phylny Mar 2018 #11

Wow. SunSeeker Mar 2018 #12

I'm well, and I'll be around for a long time. It's strange how the opposite becomes an attractor NBachers Mar 2018 #13

sorry to hear that. Demovictory9 Mar 2018 #14

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. nt OnyxSharpie Mar 2018 #15

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