[epow]

People who are determined to end their own lives will use whatever means that are readily available to accomplish that end. If guns were to be somehow eliminated from the list of ways to kill one’s self, which is impossible of course, suicidal individuals would then simply use some other means that would still be available in order to accomplish their demise. For me the most surprising statistic mentioned in the article is that even in today’s US where guns are readily available to the great majority of American people far less than 1/2 of all homicides are committed with firearms of any type.

[epow]

Oops, I meant to say in my previous post that less than half of all suicides are committed with guns, not less than all homicides. Gimme a break, it's way past my bedtime and I'm half asleep already.