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Tommy_Carcetti

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7. Goes to mental health screening as a pre-requesite for gun purchases.

Reply to snooper2 (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 23, 2013, 11:37 AM

Apr 2013

And yes, I do know that if denied a gun, a suicidal person could always try to kill him or herself in some other way. That doesn't mean we have to make it easier.

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19,392 gun suicides [View all] snooper2 Apr 2013 OP

Suicide is a giant black hole in our national discussion Recursion Apr 2013 #1

You want to have that conversation? We can have that conversation. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #2

Well I started the OP didn't I, throw it out there... snooper2 Apr 2013 #5

Goes to mental health screening as a pre-requesite for gun purchases. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #7

But that's a one time deal snooper2 Apr 2013 #9

If you are talking about my own personal opinion..... Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #10

I could go for that, I think logistically speaking it would be a pain in the ass snooper2 Apr 2013 #11

Glad to know we agree on something. nt Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #12

Which is why there needs to be education HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #15

Most suicidal persons won't appear in NICS HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #14

that is also why depression is the deadliest mental illness n/t HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #3

"Take the gun, leave the disease," is not a sign of compassion. n/t Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2013 #4

It is a risk that I choose to accept for myself. GreenStormCloud Apr 2013 #6

Suicide by smoking takes many more lives. geckosfeet Apr 2013 #8

The suicides in the UK indicate that an absence of firearm ownership does not prevent suicides. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #13