tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post6709908177478300538..comments2024-03-28T14:15:36.649+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: My response to Dean of AZ, part twoJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-7219633539936777072010-11-11T16:13:56.764+00:002010-11-11T16:13:56.764+00:00Yes, Dean acknowledges that it's harder for pe...Yes, Dean acknowledges that it's harder for people without guns to commit suicide, but he refuses to acknowledge the obvious - that this buys more time either for the suicidal person to have doubts and to seek help, or for help to arrive from an external source. It also means that if the person attempts suicide, they're more likely to do it using a method that has a chance of failing. The academic sources I cited bear that out.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-48127982300326641462010-11-11T13:07:52.236+00:002010-11-11T13:07:52.236+00:00I love Dean's logic
"Once again, if a ste...I love Dean's logic<br />"Once again, if a steak knife has a legitemate purpose, but is then stolen and used in a murder, does that obviate the legitemate purposes of all steak knives? The logic of your argument completely fails."<br /><br />He's seems oblivious to the fact that the steak knife is designed to assist in the consumption of steaks, whilst the gun is designed to assist in killing people and animals... that is the primary purpose of a gun without a shadow of a doubt. It is only useful as a form of self-defence if it does indeed serve (or at least appear to serve) that primary purpose.<br /><br />Very interesting though that you did come around to discussing depression and the ease with which someone feeling suicidal might find a gun leading further tragedy.<br /> <br />Not withstanding the fact that someone who doesn't have easy access to a gun might actually then have a better chance of finding help with our much improved understanding of mental illness these days, I've always been concerned by the possibility that the mental health of a legitimate gun owner might take a turn for the worse and we'd be facing a large scale tragedy due to the diminished capability of the gun owner... I suppose the gun lobby might try to convince me that's never happened...Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797359279671022904noreply@blogger.com