http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2007/09/bullet_in_the_brainpain_squish.html defending our rights from the ramparts Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2007/09/bullet_in_the_brainpain_squish.html#comment-496 Linoge Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:17:57 +0000 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/?p=402#comment-496 You are, of course, correct Triticale... I just did not even want to drag in our own statistics into the matter, because it simply is not worth it. This "argument" is entirely emotion-driven, and my history online has indicated the only way to respond to arguments is in kind. If a person chooses to kill themselves, so be it. If they choose to use a gun... well, there are far, far worse ways. But the odds are good that they are going to somehow manage to kill themselves no matter the method available, so we may as well leave them a relatively painless and quick avenue. Hangings, unless you manage to break your neck in the process, have just got to suck. You are, of course, correct Triticale… I just did not even want to drag in our own statistics into the matter, because it simply is not worth it. This “argument” is entirely emotion-driven, and my history online has indicated the only way to respond to arguments is in kind.
If a person chooses to kill themselves, so be it. If they choose to use a gun… well, there are far, far worse ways.
But the odds are good that they are going to somehow manage to kill themselves no matter the method available, so we may as well leave them a relatively painless and quick avenue. Hangings, unless you manage to break your neck in the process, have just got to suck.

]]> http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2007/09/bullet_in_the_brainpain_squish.html#comment-495 triticale Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:06:53 +0000 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/?p=402#comment-495 There is no evidence that reducing the availability of firearms reduces the total number of suicides. The one documented effect of the Brady Bill was a lateral shift to hangings among older suicides. There is no evidence that reducing the availability of firearms reduces the total number of suicides. The one documented effect of the Brady Bill was a lateral shift to hangings among older suicides.

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