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In reply to the discussion: States look to gun seizure law after mass killings [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 8, 2014, 08:29 AM - Edit history (2)
to limit suicides without violating the Constitutional rights of tens of millions? The demographics of gun suicide does not lend itself to focused gun bans - you would basically have to disarm most white middle aged men. Especially if privacy is your concern - you seem unwilling to allow doctors to report potentially suicidal patients to the police so they can be disarmed.
That is why suicide has no gun control solution short of an outright ban on all guns. New York understands this. Their response to Sandy Hook was to set up a system to allow mental health professionals to report patients that are a danger to themselves or others. While not specifically targeted at suicides, it will undoubtedly prevent some of them.