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In reply to the discussion: Florida man shoots and kills couple over laundry room door left open. [View all]ok_cpu
(2,170 posts)41. In "Talking to Strangers", Gladwell has a chapter
where he discusses Sylvia Plath's suicide, the subsequent conversion to non-lethal means for gas heating in the UK, and its impact on suicide rates.
In the context of suicide, there appears to be a huge impact if the means is not available at the moment of ideation. I think we're seeing the opposite with our country's firearm obsession.
The tool is readily available in the heat of the moment.
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Florida man shoots and kills couple over laundry room door left open. [View all]
yellowcanine
Dec 2022
OP
Attack my wife and their is no happy ending for that man. He can pray I call the police
ZonkerHarris
Dec 2022
#43
He has been told a million times of invading hordes & "masks are fear, guns are protection". . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2022
#22
The time to think is before purchasing weapons, not after using them. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2022
#19
Normally Im against prison rape and abuse. But this guy deserves anything that happens to him.
ZonkerHarris
Dec 2022
#44
After the first shot, it's easy to do it again and again and time again, until the bullets are spent
sanatanadharma
Dec 2022
#15
Would be fitting if he was assigned to work in the prison laundry room, for decades. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2022
#20