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In reply to the discussion: Ryan Freel Commits Suicide: REPORTS [View all]grantcart
(53,061 posts)38. Actually statistics do not bear that assumption out.
If you look at countries with high gun ownership, like Germany, even if they do not have significant outbreaks of gun violence they have much higher suicide rates than their neighbors who do not have high gun ownership. The only apparent variable is gun ownership.
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Do not trivialize the reasons that flit across your mind. Depression to the point of suicide
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#24
It is, to the best of my knowledge, not a clinically accurate statement.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2012
#10
..and it breaks down over gender...don't have the actual statistics, but women generally
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#25
With a gun in the house you are 7 times more likely to be a gunshot victim
rightsideout
Dec 2012
#15
Anyone who has lived through a friend or family member with serious mental problems, agrees
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#29
Didn't say it was. But having a gun in the house makes suicide over 5 times more likely.
SunSeeker
Dec 2012
#31
Sorry to hear that. I am guessing that he did it in a way that the process could not be reversed
grantcart
Dec 2012
#41
But wouldn't he have tried something else like jumping off a bridge or crashing his car?
alp227
Dec 2012
#27
Bridge jumpers or car crashers are not certain of death, at least instant death.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#30
Having a gun in the home far increases the likelihood of using it to kill yourself.
Zoeisright
Dec 2012
#32