Golden Gate Suicide Record: Number of people jumping to their deaths reach all-time high

American Thinker ^ | 02/27/2014 | Howard Richman

[SeekAndFind]

According to The Independent (Golden Gate suicides: Deaths from San Francisco’s famous bridge ‘reached all-time high’ in 2013):

The number of people jumping to their deaths from San Francisco’s famous Golden Gate Bridge reached an all-time high in 2013, according to a safety watchdog group.

Public suicide rates at the California landmark are among the highest in the world, and campaigners have demanded that something be done after 46 people killed themselves there last year alone.

As well as those deaths, police officers and members of the public intervened to save would-be jumpers on 118 other occasions.

So why the record?  The watchdog group reporting the statistics, the Bridge Rail Foundation, attributes it to local authorities failing to install nets under the bridge. The argument for suicide preventing nets goes back at least to 1977. The most notorious advocate, then, was Jim Jones of the People’s Temple cult. An essay by Ann Garrison reports:

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Before Ubama took office, vehicular accidents were the most common cause of death by non-natural causes.

Since Ubama took office, suicide has been the most common cause of death by non-natural causes.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Since Ubama took office, suicide has been the most common cause of death by non-natural causes.

Next question — have vehicular accidents DECREASED under Ubama?

[Blue Collar Christian]

Someone who knows how needs to post that number taking machine graphic...

[martin_fierro]

Surprising, as SF sure has its act together.

[SeekAndFind]

Why the picture in a thread about San Francisco suicide?

[Texas Eagle]

Pass a law making it illegal to jump off the bridge.

Gosh! Do I have to think of EVERYthing?

[BenLurkin]

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Suicide rate quadrupled under Obama Presidency

[ErnBatavia]

“Nob” Hill alert....

[JRandomFreeper]

Do bankers go to the head of the line?

/johnny

[Buckeye McFrog]

I would be willing to bet that San Francisco is among out most secular of cities, and that the two items are not unrelated.

[Calvin Locke]

...have vehicular accidents DECREASED under Ubama?

That's a statistic that has to undergo lots of massaging.

Higher price of gas tends to decrease vehicle miles available for accidents, while increases in illegal aliens increases accidents...

[going hot]

“Would youse be happier if they jump out of windows?”-Archie

[cripplecreek]

[Cen-Tejas]

......don’t forget drugs, they get high and are unhappy and want to make a statement to mom and/or dad or wife or girlfriend or whatever and they go out to the bridge and jump!

I would just bet that a very small percentage of them are cold sober when they jump.

[cripplecreek]

“Gays” have a very high suicide rate. That’s what the whole “It gets better” campaign was about.

[RedMonqey]

Pass a law making it illegal to jump off the bridge.

Must restrct/make illegal the easy access to HIGH CAPACITY Bridges is the answer /sarc.

[PoloSec]

You know why you can never get lost in San Francisco...

They have AIDS on every corner!

[fwdude]

As long as they are Leftists offing themselves, I applaud this trend.

They are the vicious enemies of America.