On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 2:29:07 PM UTC-4, Boating All Out wrote:

I read a stat that a gun owner is 6 times more likely to commit suicide.
So the gov doesn't need to ban guns. Darwin will take care of it.
Slowly.

Pssst. Wanna hear a secret? Many people bent on suicide *become* gun owners.

Sorta screws up that "stat" you read.

By hey, it's cleaner than them driving down the *exit* ramp of the local freeway, eh?

On Wed, 21 May 2014 11:41:00 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 2:29:07 PM UTC-4, Boating All Out wrote:

I read a stat that a gun owner is 6 times more likely to commit suicide.
So the gov doesn't need to ban guns. Darwin will take care of it.
Slowly.

Pssst. Wanna hear a secret? Many people bent on suicide *become* gun owners.

Sorta screws up that "stat" you read.

By hey, it's cleaner than them driving down the *exit* ramp of the local freeway, eh?

He probably meant to say those who commit suicide by shooting themselves are 6 times more likely to
be gun owners...as opposed to 'gun borrowers'.

On 5/21/2014 3:26 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Wed, 21 May 2014 11:41:00 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 2:29:07 PM UTC-4, Boating All Out wrote:

I read a stat that a gun owner is 6 times more likely to commit suicide.
So the gov doesn't need to ban guns. Darwin will take care of it.
Slowly.

Pssst. Wanna hear a secret? Many people bent on suicide *become* gun owners.

Sorta screws up that "stat" you read.

By hey, it's cleaner than them driving down the *exit* ramp of the local freeway, eh?

He probably meant to say those who commit suicide by shooting themselves are 6 times more likely to
be gun owners...as opposed to 'gun borrowers'.


Makes sense, more people who walk upright in the US are shoe owners too