One thing that can ironically save the life of a severely depressed person is a lack of initiative and energy (this is a reason that people sometimes only commit suicide after going on antidepressants, because they remain depressed but have recovered enough to have more motivation), so I think measures to prevent a method that is probably the most sure with the least work and preparation (gun) would probably reduce rates. That said, the way that depression is treated as purely a matter of internal pathology and not of the world being fucked up and pushing you to that place is terrible and much more important.
It does make a bit of sense, and there are other sane reasons to do gun control in the USA and stop their gun cults. It’s a bit hard to get statistics on “unsuccessful” attempts because how it gets reported varies a lot, so although firearms are usually the most lethal, I’m not sure if they’re the most prevalent when considering the failed ones.
But this is a common tactic of their media outlets, to frame every social problem as if the only way it could ever be solved is by voting Blue harder or convincing the Republicans to be normal, or some other nonsense. They always frame it in such a way that implies that common people have zero agency besides voting once every two years and maybe emailing a “representative.”
I’m no church lover, but even churches can sometimes be more materialistic on these matters of social decay than the libs.
One thing that can ironically save the life of a severely depressed person is a lack of initiative and energy (this is a reason that people sometimes only commit suicide after going on antidepressants, because they remain depressed but have recovered enough to have more motivation), so I think measures to prevent a method that is probably the most sure with the least work and preparation (gun) would probably reduce rates. That said, the way that depression is treated as purely a matter of internal pathology and not of the world being fucked up and pushing you to that place is terrible and much more important.
It does make a bit of sense, and there are other sane reasons to do gun control in the USA and stop their gun cults. It’s a bit hard to get statistics on “unsuccessful” attempts because how it gets reported varies a lot, so although firearms are usually the most lethal, I’m not sure if they’re the most prevalent when considering the failed ones.
But this is a common tactic of their media outlets, to frame every social problem as if the only way it could ever be solved is by voting Blue harder or convincing the Republicans to be normal, or some other nonsense. They always frame it in such a way that implies that common people have zero agency besides voting once every two years and maybe emailing a “representative.”
I’m no church lover, but even churches can sometimes be more materialistic on these matters of social decay than the libs.