acmariner99
Regular Member
http://www.azcentral.com/news/artic...arizona-teen-suicides-put-eye-prevention.html
I'm sure we can all agree that suicide is tragic and preventable. What is interesting is the article makes multiple references to easily accessible firearms in one's residence AND Arizona's lax gun laws as being one of the primary reasons for the high suicide rates among teens in Arizona. I'm thinking that more needs to go into education; on both suicide prevention AND coupling that education with parents being responsible enough to keep their firearms out of sight when a child is in crisis. The article mentioned that parents 'shouldn't keep loaded guns in the house.' We can agree that if someone is desperate enough, they will find other means to do whatever it is they want to do. Gun or no gun. I agree that suicide among teens is a problem, but legislating that families put their safety at risk won't help. Sure, make it more difficult for a child to find or access a firearm, but doing that means that they need to be aware of what is going on. Thoughts?
I'm sure we can all agree that suicide is tragic and preventable. What is interesting is the article makes multiple references to easily accessible firearms in one's residence AND Arizona's lax gun laws as being one of the primary reasons for the high suicide rates among teens in Arizona. I'm thinking that more needs to go into education; on both suicide prevention AND coupling that education with parents being responsible enough to keep their firearms out of sight when a child is in crisis. The article mentioned that parents 'shouldn't keep loaded guns in the house.' We can agree that if someone is desperate enough, they will find other means to do whatever it is they want to do. Gun or no gun. I agree that suicide among teens is a problem, but legislating that families put their safety at risk won't help. Sure, make it more difficult for a child to find or access a firearm, but doing that means that they need to be aware of what is going on. Thoughts?