President says ‘epidemic of gun violence is tearing our communities apart’ after mass shootings in Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Baltimore and Chicago

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’d say that the immediate effectiveness of a shotgun blast to the head means that suicide by firearm is harder to save someone from than from an overdose. Narcan is ineffective against buckshot.

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      1 year ago

      You’re missing the point. He wanted to die. He will find a way. You can ‘save’ him only so many times before he succeeds.

      Also, if someone wants to die, who are you to tell them they aren’t allowed?

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        1 year ago

        If Cobain was saved from an overdose and received the help he needed, who knows what could have happened? A talented influential musician and an outspoken supporter of gay rights might still be with us. Instead he had access to a shotgun.