Re: Guns cause suicide?

>In talk.politics.guns "Some Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>"COGunWoman55" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> Interesting suicide rate chart, comparing nations:
>> http://tinyurl.com/wk4i
>
>The old causation gambit.
>
>Of course an inanimate object doesn't cause anything. But what do you think
>will be the difference in outcome to a suicidal person if he tries a non-gun
>method (average 5% "success" rate) or a gun (85% "success" rate).
>
>It's common sense. The country-by-country comparison is irrelevant.

They'll find a successful way to kill themselves. People all over the
world manage, proving the lack of cultural bias.

>Just ask  yourself, if you had a friend who had a clinically depressed
>teenage son, and your friend asked you if he should buy a gun, what would
>you say to him?

"Let me know when you get it and we'll go to the range together."

>By the say, Kleck claims there is no relationship between suicide rates and
>gun ownership, but he had to jump through some complicated statisical hoops
>to reach that conclusion. Again, it goes against common sense.

What goes against common sense is saying guns somehow "cause" suicide.