Columnist calls for end of NRA, death for gun nuts

[aaydrian 479]

No jobs, they live in the middle of nowhere with some living in villages that are as small as 100 people or less. They are caught between two cultures, throw in the lack of daylight and extreme temps in the winter along with the gas sniffing and this is what you get.

Would never have thought an Eskimo would all of a sudden find his natural environment depressing to the point of suicide.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Because they live in Alaska?

Countries like Norway also have a high rate...I think its a sun light thing.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Actually I shouldn't knock that. That's pretty much my retirement plan, except I'll be doing it in a shack near the border with Cambodia.

I think you'll be alright.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Countries like Norway also have a high rate...I think its a sun light thing.

Norway actually has a slightly lower suicide rate than the US. In the US, the most suicidal cities are Las Vegas, Colorado Springs and Tucson. Can't be the sun light.

I don't count a person who commits suicide a victim (you should know that by now... lol)

But they're still dead, yes? And the cause of death is still a gun shot. So, they still count as gun deaths.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Would never have thought an Eskimo would all of a sudden find his natural environment depressing to the point of suicide.

Back in the day Eskimo's didn't have satellite TV showing them what the real world look like, home made booze along with gas to sniff. They went from the Stone Age to the 20th century. The older ones hunt for food, fish for food, etc...and the younger ones want $200 Nike BB shoes, night clubs, etc....

Booze is banned in most all the villages up here so they sniff gas instead.

[Karee 4,191]

Norway actually has a slightly lower suicide rate than the US. In the US, the most suicidal cities are Las Vegas, Colorado Springs and Tucson. Can't be the sun light.

But they're still dead, yes? And the cause of death is still a gun shot. So, they still count as gun deaths.

Las Vegas (gambling) and Colorado Springs (military) I get. I wonder what's the deal with Tucson?

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Norway actually has a slightly lower suicide rate than the US. In the US, the most suicidal cities are Las Vegas, Colorado Springs and Tucson. Can't be the sun light.

But they're still dead, yes? And the cause of death is still a gun shot. So, they still count as gun deaths.

Perhaps I meant one of the other scandanavian countries? I know there are a few of them with high rates.

Sure there dead, but they aren't a victim. People have the right to take there life so I don't consider it a negative (unless its done in an unsafe manner).

Edited January 5, 2013 by Usui Takumi

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Perhaps I meant one of the other scandanavian countries? I know there are a few of them with high rates.

Sure there dead, but they aren't a victim. People have the right to take there life so I don't consider it a negative (unless its done in an unsafe manner).

Finland's suicide rate along with Iceland used to be off the hook. It was reaching epidemic numbers a few years back.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Perhaps I meant one of the other scandanavian countries? I know there are a few of them with high rates.

Probably Finland. They have a somewhat higher rate than the US.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Probably Finland. They have a somewhat higher rate than the US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate

List of countries by suicide rate

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate

List of countries by suicide rate

Yeah, I embedded a link to that list above. What's up with South Korea?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Yeah, I embedded a link to that list above. What's up with South Korea?

Not sure. Maybe it's the pressure society thing like Japan. I do know though that a lot of those countries listed above the US have way tighter gun laws than the US.

[james&olya 1,121]

Those suicides are almost all entirely natives living out in remote villages. They sniff gas, get depressed and blow their brains out. If it wasn't from a gun they would do it with a noose or whatever else was handy atm.

The very first thing done with patients that are potentially suicidal before they are sent home is to secure all guns. The decision to actually commit suicide is usually impulsive and one that may not last more than mere moments. If a more complex plan is necessary it is highly likely a patient will back out before going through with it. Guns are so quick and easy, and therefore far more dangerous than almost anything else.

[Karee 4,191]

Yeah, I embedded a link to that list above. What's up with South Korea?

Video games.

[Ban Hammer 13,570]

I don't count a person who commits suicide a victim (you should know that by now... lol)

i knew you couldn't resist.