{"id":5659,"date":"2012-02-24T10:57:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T15:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5659"},"modified":"2012-02-24T10:59:05","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T15:59:05","slug":"gun-control-suicide-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5659","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg: Gun control = suicide control"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest from Mayor Mike<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… “The rate of suicide in New York City is almost half of what it is in the country on average,” he said. \u00a0“And most of that comes from the difficulty in getting a gun … we have reduced the number of guns in the city, and I\u2019ll tell you where it shows up. \u00a0Health Department<\/a> put out the suicide statistics yesterday. \u00a0It turns out that an awful lot of people, when they want to kill themselves, reach for a gun,” continued the mayor. \u00a0“And if they can\u2019t get that gun, the thought goes away and they don\u2019t kill themselves.” …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As usual Bloomberg blames guns and ignores everything else<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… It took only a moment for Andre Carrasco to get out of his car and jump to his death from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge<\/a> last month. \u00a0 He was the second suicide on the bridge in a month’s time, and his niece wants the city to put up fences along the iconic span, to slow down anyone who might be next …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n