Gun Control Reform Activism

Not to make light of this subject, but as the Australian comedian Jim Jeffries says, "one day you're happy, and the next day you're sad, and boom."

The right-wing gun lobby's "cure" for suicide is for better mental health care and availability, but suicidal tenancies are not usually a result of mental health issues. They are impulsive responses to sudden (and temporary) emotional upheavals, and are especially prevalent in teenagers. Suicides are almost always successful when easy access to a loaded gun is available, as opposed to other methods (cutting, poison, hanging, etc.).

The means DO matter when it comes to suicide, and the world record gun death statistics of the USA prove that fact very plainly.