Gun Control Reform Activism

The mindsight of the gun enthusiast doesn’t allow them to even consider this well-known and significant component of the U.S. gun death numbers. Celia Watson of the New York Times had an excellent article just the other day 3/9/2015 containing some relevant quotes from suicide experts.
“Suicide can be a very impulsive act, especially among the young, and therefore difficult to predict. Its deadliness depends more upon the means than the determination of the suicide victim.”
“In fact, suicide is often a convergence of factors leading to a sudden, tragic event. In one study of people who survived a suicide attempt, almost half reported that the whole process, from the first suicidal thought to the final act, took 10 minutes or less.”
“Dr. Brent’s research showed that 40 percent of children younger than 16 who died by suicide did not have a clearly definable psychiatric disorder….What they did have was a loaded gun in the home.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/health/blocking-the-paths-to-suicide.html?_r=0