[SteveLAnderson]

Fixing the issues that lead a person to consider suicide is really hard. Decreasing the number of available guns is much easier and is effective.

When Australia decreased the number of guns, the suicide rate (not just gun related suicides, but all suicides) decreased by 65%.

[brianlweiner]

Suicides definitely decrease with less access to guns, however many countries with gun restrictions have higher rates of suicide than the US (e.g Japan, S Korea, France, Belgium) [1]

Also suicides via firearm had been declining in Australia prior to any buyback. [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r... [2] http://c5.nrostatic.com/sites/default/files/australia.jpg