alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to U.S. News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoTeenage boys' suicide rate is skyrocketing because of firearms access19thnews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down10
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkTeenage boys' suicide rate is skyrocketing because of firearms access19thnews.orgalyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to U.S. News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squarePoliticalAgitator@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoPeople’s gut feelings about how suicide works are often demonstrably wrong. Means reduction and survivability are huge factors in prevention. Would you have built a deck if you had a tool that built decks instantly and with no effort whatsoever?
minus-squarePoliticalAgitator@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-21 year agoAnd look at that, here you still are, pushing analogies to their breaking point, a second chance that thousands of people never got because they had access to a firearm.
minus-squareHATEFISH@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoEvery time I think about building a deck my planning gets disrupted once I realize I dont have access to the easiest tools for the job.
minus-squarevioletsareblue@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoThat may not be the why, but making it more difficult gives people time to stop and think. Imagine how many snap decisions we make in life due to just ease. Not to mention, it’s probably harder to save someone from a gunshot to the head vs a OD.
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People’s gut feelings about how suicide works are often demonstrably wrong. Means reduction and survivability are huge factors in prevention.
Would you have built a deck if you had a tool that built decks instantly and with no effort whatsoever?
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And look at that, here you still are, pushing analogies to their breaking point, a second chance that thousands of people never got because they had access to a firearm.
Every time I think about building a deck my planning gets disrupted once I realize I dont have access to the easiest tools for the job.
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That may not be the why, but making it more difficult gives people time to stop and think.
Imagine how many snap decisions we make in life due to just ease.
Not to mention, it’s probably harder to save someone from a gunshot to the head vs a OD.