[AppyPappy]

An adolescent is twice as likely to commit suicide if a gun is kept in the home.

The opposite is true for a telephone or electricity. Amish have lower suicide rates.

[butter pecan fan]

An adolescent is twice as likely to commit suicide if a gun is kept in the home.

The opposite is true for a telephone or electricity. Amish have lower suicide rates.

I suspect that HOW CHILDREN ARE RAISED, as well as the specific personalities of children and parents involved and the specific safety measures taken in a home (I include TRAINING here as a major safety measure) has a GREAT deal to do with EVERYTHING.

[chuckles]

"...opposite is true for a telephone or electricity. Amish have lower suicide rates."...

It's not the gun, electricity, or telephone,....they are Christian. It would be interesting to evaluate "born again" Christian suicide rates against those that listen to Black Sabath, AC DC, or Marilyn Manson. Or for that matter the murder rate of both groups. I would assume the Christians would kill more often because they are intolerant of others. ;<)