22-month-old boy drowns in pool

[Orrex]

97. Hmm...

Were all six of those people first-time suicide attempts? If so, then that's a statistical anomaly.
If they had made previous attempts, then it can hardly be said that their final attempts were truly impulsive. The act itself may have been undertaken in a rush, but I don't believe that the idea popped suddenly into their heads and then they acted on it without planning.

I've known a handful of suicide victims, all but one of whom planned the event in advance. The ones who didn't plan ahead were the ones who (thankfully) failed, at least in that first attempt.

I was perhaps too abrupt in accusing you of failing to understand, but I maintain that your sampling is not representative of the overall phenomenon.


In addition, the prevailing sentiment at DU re: gun control appears to be:
1. Guns are too easily obtained by people who intend to use them for violence
2. The worship of the 2nd amendment is anachronistic and inconsistent with modern society
3. The irrational fear that Liberals will "take their guns" is too easily used by Republicans to motivate their base

There is indeed some backlash against "gun-owning Bubbas," but in my view this a reaction to a particular species of gun fetishism rather than a self-contained argument for gun control.