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In reply to the discussion: If it's about guns, cool. If it's about people, count me out. [View all]TheKentuckian
(26,314 posts)I wish they didn't come to such a place but it is stat padder in this context.
People that are going to off themselves are going to do it. If they can't handle a bridge then they'll take pills or sit in the running car in the garage, they will cut themselves. They will and do, do something completely regardless of access to guns and it is proven around the world.
My sister worked a scene about twenty years ago where a young man beheaded himself with an electric knife, talk about violent! He made it the most of the way through. Most aren't that dedicated but all of them are making a pretty huge choice. Anyone that would do such a thing on a lark, is probably going to make the same roll again and again and would by definition be so unstable that they would most likely (though not always) present considerable harm to others. Very unbalanced behavior.
I'll grant unacceptable methods but I doubt there are any one method folks of any quantity.
We cannot structure a rational and free society trying to legislate to magically restrain the worst outliers.
It is terribly sad but people do have control of their bodies. Method is a non-issue, it is beyond our realm as a society other than all the help that can be provided to those who seek or survive.
It is what it is.