I'm no anti, but guns make suicide easier/more effective.
I'm no anti either, Jack, but guns
do not make suicide easier/more effective no matter what you say. It's not that I intend to challenge your lack of expertise in the matter. I grant that. But I think I know a heck of a lot less than you do about this subject, so my opinion carries greater weight.
In fact authoritative research has proven
beyond any possibility of doubt that all suicides are
equally effective. When I interviewed my neighbor on this very subject he said, "Are you kidding me? Dead is dead. What kind of babble talks about 'more effective' deaths. Who are you hanging out with now?"
As for the claim that guns make suicide
easier, another neighbor of mine said "Easier than what? Easier than taking poison, getting blown up in the World Trade Center, trying to make sense out of what's posted on the Internet, or winning
Top Chef?"
The guy across the street from my house said, "So what? If suicides are indeed
easier or
more effective than sitting through 20 years of Jeremiah Wright sermons without hearing them, does that alter the meaning of the Second Amendment or the rest of the Constitution?"
His neighbor said, "Hey, guy. Although people who live in poverty or in a ghetto have a much lower literacy rate or educational level than others in the U.S., does that mean they should be denied the vote?"
So I got to thinking about this and the question that keeps coming to my mind is: "So what? Should all rights in the U.S.A. be tailored to discourage people from killing themselves? Or is it necessary to make them fit the craziness of people who are crazy enough to think that way--or smart enough to think that there are a
lot of dumb people who might take this seriously?"
Now all of the above is anecdotal too, but you have to admit it sounds real good. Please don't argue with me. It would distress me if you did and you don't have the right to make me unhappy. Screw the First Amendment. Don't upset me.