KevinWestern
Hello
I would be inclined to say, "unless it was someone you cared about", but given your basic callous attitude, that might be a stretch.
A gun is not required for suicide. The nation with the most suicides (per capita) has almost no gun ownership.
I knew three people who committed suicide...none used a gun.
A gun makes it a lot easier to commit suicide. Get rid of a major method of suicide, suicides go down.
I don't think that's a sound argument in favor of new gun control laws.
When it comes down to it (and you take a look at the actual statistical trends) it appears gun homicides are waning and the only significant source of violence exists in the inner cities. Those gun deaths are usually by the hands of criminals who don't follow registration laws, etc. To fix that we need to address POVERTY and the fact entire generations of kids are growing up without fathers or good schools. That will be the only way to solve the violence.
As for the remaining 2,000 homicides that occur each year, tragic - yes - but still not grounds for additional gun controls.