22-month-old boy drowns in pool

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96. I don't think so.

I know 6 suicide victims. None owned a gun, nor even took the time to acquire one. They killed themselves by whatever means was immediately at hand- 3 ODs, 2 jumped, and one hung himself. While all had some degree of depression, the actial decision to act was in a very short time frame. No one had an idea an hour before they killed themselves. If suicides were carefully planned well in advance, then suicide hotlines would be useless. This is not trivializing suicide, but merely stating the reality.

2) The gun-control sentiment, at DU at least, centers around "I hate guns", and "I hate gun-owning Bubbas"...so we should take away their guns. Frankly, that is an idiotic basis for legislative proposals. It males no more sense than the person who buys guns merely because liberals want to ban them. It also mostly targets gun-owners who aren't committing homicides, while doing little to target those who are. A victory over gun-owners and the gun lobby might be widely cheered on DU, but it's a hollow victory in my view if there's no reduction in gun deaths. And such legislation will no doubt be repealed in the future for being ineffective, as the AWB was.