Just thought it was very interesting.

 

Here's an excerpt-

 

"Ms. Haas said that in the rest of the country deaths by gun account for about 53% of all suicides. Here suicide by guns has ranked third or fourth over the years, switching positions with overdosing on medicines or other "toxic substances."

Since New York has less handguns and rifles per capita than other parts of the country, she said, people bent on suicide in the city find other means, often jumping."

 

http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704392104575475951109822016

Good article.  It reminds me what Archie Bunker had to say about gun control

As we always point out, it's not the tool, it's the intent/will to do harm to oneself or another.

 

If both guns and tall buildings weren't available, it would be CO poisoning, or hanging, or overdosing, or any number of other methods.

I was looking this up because a friend I took shooting that lives in NYC had expressed dismay that anyone would care about her ability to commit suicide with a gun when she has a balcony on the 17th floor.

 

However my wife pointed out that the article states that NYC's overall suicide rate is half that of the rest of the country. So the stats and the argument are not really complete from the article. The stats from Phoenix or Houston might be good to know before presenting this information.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

 

Ban skyscrapers, and bridges.

I man I worked for jumped off a building in NYC.  It was two years after I left the company, but I know he had guns.   He just went up to the top of the building and jumped off on 9.11.2002..maybe 9/11 got to him, I don't know.   It seems that if they want to stop impulse suicides, they need to put in more railings.

I man I worked for jumped off a building in NYC. It was two years after I left the company, but I know he had guns. He just went up to the top of the building and jumped off on 9.11.2002..maybe 9/11 got to him, I don't know. It seems that if they want to stop impulse suicides, they need to put in more railings.

These buildings need background checks and the railings need to be bolted and welded if they are more than 16 inches high. They also need to remove the telescope mount from the railings. These railings also need to be registered and non transferable to another building.

I think I'd kill myself if I lived in NYC.