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The motivations for suicide are hard to predict, but often it’s only a matter of minutes between the first suicidal thought and the attempt itself.
Suicide is often a convergence of factors leading to a sudden, tragic event. In one study of people who survived a suicide attempt, almost half reported that the whole process, from the first suicidal thought to the final act, took 10 minutes or less …
“What people experience before attempting suicide is a combination of panic, agitation and franticness,” he said. “A desire to escape from unbearable pain and feeling trapped.”
Sometimes,depression isn’t even in the picture. In one study, 60 percent of college students who said they were thinking about ways to kill themselves tested negative for depression.
“There are kids for whom it’s very difficult to predict suicide — there doesn’t seem to be that much that is wrong with them,” said Dr. David Brent, an adolescent psychiatrist who studies suicide at the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Brent’s research showed that 40 percent of children younger than 16 who died by suicide did not have a clearly definable psychiatric disorder.
What they did have was a loaded gun in the home.
“If the kids are under 16, the availability of a gun is more important than psychiatric disorder,” Dr. Brent said. “They’re not suicidal one minute, then they are. Or they’re mad and they have a gun available.”
The NRA has a lot to learn from our founding fathers when it comes to guns on university campuses.
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you know our country has a huge problem with gun violence – and the media’s ability to cover it.
This video says it all: Emergency calls reveal how disturbed many people are when they actually encounter open carry gun extremists.
Yale School of Medicine: "About 20 children per day in the United States are injured by firearms seriously enough to require hospitalization, and more than 6% of these children die from their injuries.“
We’re tired of the excuses and we’re taking a stand! We will no longer accept shootings by children as tragic "accidents."
We can do better. We MUST do better.
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If we compared gun violence in U.S. cities to the deadliest nations in the world, via Citylab:
- If it were a country, New Orleans (with a rate 62.1 gun murders per 100,000 people) would rank second in the world.
- Detroit's gun homicide rate (35.9) is just a bit less than El Salvador (39.9).
- Baltimore’s rate (29.7) is not too far off that of Guatemala (34.8).
- Gun murder in Newark (25.4) and Miami (23.7) is comparable to Colombia (27.1).
- Washington D.C. (19) has a higher rate of gun homicide than Brazil (18.1).
- Atlanta’s rate (17.2) is about the same as South Africa (17).
- Cleveland (17.4) has a higher rate than the Dominican Republic (16.3).
- Gun murder in Buffalo (16.5) is similar to Panama (16.2).
- Houston’s rate (12.9) is slightly higher than Ecuador’s (12.7).
- Gun homicide in Chicago (11.6) is similar to Guyana (11.5).
- Phoenix’s rate (10.6) is slightly higher than Mexico (10).
- Los Angeles (9.2) is comparable to the Philippines (8.9).
- Boston rate (6.2) is higher than Nicaragua (5.9).
- New York, where gun murders have declined to just four per 100,000, is still higher than Argentina (3).
- Even the cities with the lowest homicide rates by American standards, like San Jose and Austin, compare to Albania and Cambodia respectively.
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Toddler unintentionally shoots, kills Oklahoma basketball player
“Family members at this residence, they were sighting-in a rifle and while they were sighting-in the rifle they were taking a look at the targets. When one of the children that were in that family came up and actually grabbed that rifle being held by one of the adults, and one of the children actually pulled that trigger that resulted in the death of Eric Brown,”
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Because we should all have the right to open arms and should choose to open our arms before bearing them. 100% of profits made from this EVERYBODY.WORLD x Semaine T-shirt will go to Everytown for Gun SafetyandPlanned Parenthood of New York City.
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this is the time for action. join us in the fight against gun violence for the Stay Amped benefit show at The Anthem in D.C. on 3/23, the night before March for Our Lives. proceeds go to Everytown For Gun Safety + Giffords: Courage to Fight Gun Violence -tickets go on sale Wednesday at 10am.
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