[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

It has long since been proven those who commit suicide are NOT swayed by availability of a weapon. People who want to die by overdosing never try to slit their wrists or to shoot themselves. That is why ER's may see the same suiciders OD time and again, or why they see the same people with slashed wrists over again. Someone who wants to die by slitting their wrists would almost never chose to shoot themselves instead, just because a gun is handy.

Sorry I can't provide the source for this proof, but I know this to be fact.

[butter pecan fan]

It has long since been proven those who commit suicide are NOT swayed by availability of a weapon.

This is new news for me, if true. I've love to see a source on that.

I would SUSPECT (intuitively) that people WOULD be swayed SOME by the ready availability of a weapon - but that the effect would NOT be as large as some might think.

But I could be wrong here... especially given that there is SOME ready availability of a weapon for anyone older than 16 who would contemplate attempting such a thing - in the form of automobiles and concrete overpasses.

And of course there are always razor blades and closed-in garages, too.