alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to U.S. News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agoTeenage boys' suicide rate is skyrocketing because of firearms access19thnews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down10
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkTeenage boys' suicide rate is skyrocketing because of firearms access19thnews.orgalyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to U.S. News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squarePoliticalAgitator@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·9 months 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-up14·edit-29 months 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.
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.