Re: Guns cause suicide?

Some Guy wrote:
> 
> "COGunWoman55" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 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.
> 
> 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?
> 
> 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.

Common sense, what the above author professes to have so much of
but which hs lacks, tells you that there various methods of
suicide.  Some have a high probability of success and others do
not.  If you deny a person one particular high probability
method, a handgun, he will select another high probability
method, say suicide by cop.

David