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[quote=Anonymous]Some weird comments previously that I won’t quote but will answer.

Firearms suicide absolutely IS the most effective means of suicide, if you are basing that on successful achievement of death. More than half of all the 45,000+ suicides in America last year were suicides by firearms. This is one of the most compelling reasons to limit access to firearms. I personally don’t think firearms should be kept in any home where someone is experiencing mental illness or even addiction because often mental illness is underlying the addiction but family members are unaware. Suicidal ideation very often doesn’t show outwardly.

And yes, suicidal thoughts do pass - almost always. As someone who has struggled with depression and cptsd since my early teens, and has survived multiple suicide attempts, I’ve spent a lot of time recently studying suicidology, which is the study of suicide and how it manifests in individuals and culturally. Many folks don’t realize that there is a spectrum of suicidal thinking from ideation which is thinking about being better off dead and suicidal plan and/or impulse which is much more serious. A lot of people with mental illness think a lot about wanting to die to escape the pain of their condition, but the impulse to actually act is often very fleeting. People who have survived suicide attempts are often very grateful for their survival - but may still experience suicidal ideation. It does make a difference to make the means less readily available, and to limit access to the most extreme means - like firearms and bridges (suicide nets have been installed on some bridges to prevent their use as a means to suicide). I have a good friend who survived a suicide attempt by firearm, was profoundly wounded and now struggles with all the effects of TBI. He’s grateful to be alive and yet still struggles with depression. Mental illness is very complicated. We should talk about it so much more and we should talk about suicide so much more because it is a leading cause of death and is rising steadily especially among young people.

I’m broken hearted over Naomi Judd. I have always liked the Judds and am deeply grateful to them for sharing their own struggles with mental illness so openly - I am certain that they touched a lot of people and helped them to feel less alone in their struggles. Losing Naomi to the beast of depression is wrenching to her fellow sufferers who battle the same demons every day. I really, really wish she hadn’t kept firearms in her house. I stopped keeping one myself because I feared having it there in the closet when in the deepest pain and when the impulse comes.

I hope the family sharing this information makes people think about the firearms in their homes. Statistics have long established that a firearm kept for protection in the home is more likely to harm someone in the home than to be used against an intruder. At very least the firearms and ammunition should be locked away and not easily accessible especially if someone in the home is suffering mental health issues.[/quote]

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