Friday, March 28, 2014

Impulse Intervention

Guns Far More Likely to Be Used in Suicide Than in Killing Bad Guys
"Removing all firearms from one's home is one of the most effective and straightforward steps that household decision-makers can take to reduce the risk of suicide," Harvard health policy professor Matthew Miller said in 2007. "Removing firearms may be especially effective in reducing the risk of suicide among adolescents and other potentially impulsive members of their home."
Yeah, the pistol in the headboard was a bad idea.  It's not there anymore.

Click through just to see the graph.  Then read the statistics at the end of the article.