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kavihasya t1_irhkthx wrote

Reply to comment by NotRoryWilliams in Navy, Marines Corps offer gun locks to prevent suicide by AudibleNod

Lots of people who commit suicide are drunk when they do so. It’s impulsive. Of people who attempt suicide while intoxicated, most are not suicidal when they sober up.

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HardlyDecent t1_irih2ja wrote

Similar effect occurs with suicide barriers on high bridges. Just having to purposely climb over a short wall/fence is often enough to give people that second chance to think things over.

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