The New York Times: Montana’s suicide rate has been the highest in the U.S. for the past three years, with most of the deaths involving firearms. Most gun deaths in America are self-inflicted, yet suicide rarely registers in the national debate over guns.

Montana’s suicide rate has been the highest in the U.S. for the past three years, with most of the deaths involving firearms. Most gun deaths in America are self-inflicted, yet suicide rarely registers in the national debate over guns.

She’s Fighting to Save America’s ‘Last Best Place’ From Suicidewww.nytimes.com Montana’s suicide rate has been the highest in the U.S. for the past three years. Most of the deaths involved firearms. But suicide rarely registers in the national debate over guns.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK) in the U.S. or go to speakingofsuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.

Resources - Speaking of Suicidespeakingofsuicide.com If You’re Having Suicidal Thoughts For Friends and Family For Survivors of Suicide Loss For Survivors of Suicide Attempts For Mental Health Professionals For More Information about Suicide and its Pre...

Just regulate fire arms! Most americans don't want them!

The gun crazies always ignore this issue— and right on cue they start crawling out of the woodwork in the responses to this. A good portion of them incredibly also claim to be “pro-life”—although clearly not nearly as nuch as they are pro-gun

You don't solve depression by making sure people can't kill themselves. Try something else.

Nice try. No one claims to be “solving depression” by dealing with the ridiculous ease of accessing fire arms in this country. Per usual, gun lovers spout utter nonsense.

lol, I never even touched a gun in my life, try harder fuckboi

You’re vulgar and don’t know what you’re talking about. Those attempting suicide by gun are much more successful than others. Also, easy access to guns makes dying in a rash moment much easier.

Reducing access to popular means of suicide reduces suicide. There is empirical data from both the UK and Australia demonstrating this.

You do know that a gun is harder to obtain than the ledge of a skyscraper or a bridge, or a traintrack. People who really don't feel like living anymore find the most ridiculous inventions to kill themselves, of which some harmful to those around them.

Some will find other means but the data shows many do not. Suicide in the UK peaked in the 60s and declined dramatically after they switched from coal gas to natural gas, which meant people lost access to an easy source of carbon monoxide. It has never been as high since.

You are really going to go with “don’t stop the suicidal from killing themselves?” 😂😂😂

You read what I said.

Apparently you didn’t read what you wrote. Maybe try better next time.

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness resonate wrt Declaration and Constitution. For some, happiness is not available. Life MB most painful wo dignity. Liberty is the right to choose. If there is a paucity of mental health specialists, why?

The gun industry has a vested interest in making sure suicides don’t appear in gun-death statistics.

not only is suicide worse with access to guns but i know at least 2 montanans who have died from gun accidents

Waiting periods are effective deterrents.

Deterrd me.

We really need to talk about that more.

Not about guns. About choices.

Read up. Educate yourself.

It’s absolutely about guns. It can be (and often is) about choices too. But (a) when ~90% of attempts with guns result in death and (b) when guns are involved only ~5% of attempts but more then half of successful ones, you can’t say gun access doesn’t matter.

Follow that up with the fact that most people who attempt suicide and fail get counseling and don't attempt it again, That's a lot of preventable deaths. Deep down, I think gun nuts just don't care about suicides. That's their prerogative, I suppose. But suicides tear apart families and worse.

U contradict yourself. No counselling? Labels are emotional tags. Emotions r reflexive. It is today's problem in America. To learn to think is a process. R many of you drop outs? Don't worry. Many educated people r emotional 2. Common Sense and Reason elude many of us. Both r needed.

Well those were certainly words. None of them contradicted or expanded in anything I said or presented any sort of logical argument or facts. But no doubt about it. Definitely words.

Well, you wrote 'those who failed and received counseling did not try again'. ??? You suffer from periphrasis. U r an example of someone who has nothing to post and posts too much. 😊

Maybe yes. But gun make the choice easier.

или китайцы играются

а Пробовали НЕ насиловать? оказывать мед. Помощь? социальная защита города где? значит захват. и моральные Пытки городов мафией русской НКВД Сталина

Men are the ones who suffer the most from gun suicides maybe Men should listen to eachother more

Wyoming too eh?

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