> because you own a gun, you're more at risk of killing yourself If you've got a cite that shows that the presence of a gun increases the chance of suicide, I

> because you own a gun, you're more at risk of killing yourself If you've got a cite that shows that the presence of a gun increases the chance of suicide, I'd like to see it. Of course, correlation != causation. Lots of suicidal people buy guns. When they can't get guns, they use other methods. Japan's suicide rate is twice the US's, despite Japan's strict gun control. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Japan#Methods http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Japan#Methods Common methods of suicide [ in Japan ] are jumping in front of trains, leaping off high places, hanging, or overdosing on medication. A newer method, gaining in popularity partly to publicity from Internet suicide websites, is to use household products to make the poisonous gas hydrogen sulfide.