• LoamImprovement@beehaw.org
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    28
    ·
    1 year ago

    It’s not the root cause, but I’m sure having easy access to a gun seems a lot quicker and cleaner than, for example, hanging yourself. I know a lot of people who probably wouldn’t be around right now if their folks kept guns in the house.

    • alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgOPM
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      12
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      It’s not the root cause, but I’m sure having easy access to a gun seems a lot quicker and cleaner than, for example, hanging yourself.

      we’re getting into the macabre a little bit here but, to be brief: yeah. if it was required people attempt to hang themselves (or overdose, or any other non-firearm method of suicide), pretty much all the data i’m aware of indicates the suicide rate would drop appreciably from where it is now in the US (45,000-50,000 deaths a year).

    • ampcold@beehaw.org
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      1 year ago

      The path of least resistance from thought to action is very important. I wouldn’t actually know of an easy way if I wanted to kill myself right now. Having a gun in my drawer could easily make a bad day into a final day.

      • sadreality@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        1 year ago

        I mean… Alterative would be to have proper social policy where less peopleare pushed to killself…

        Can’t so that tho in America ;)

    • PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      The pro-gun crowd doesn’t care. There’s no such thing as a body they won’t sweep under the rug and suicide makes it easy.