Suicide research suggests that ideation is very limited in duration. If a suicidal person can't kill themselves in the next ten minutes, the urge often passes.

Suicide research suggests that ideation is very limited in duration. If a suicidal person can't kill themselves in the next ten minutes, the urge often passes. Reducing the number of guns could have a significant impact on suicide rate by lowering the ability of people to end their lives within that brief window.