Will Limiting Access To Private Weapons Help Combat Military Suicides?

Combating Military Suicides: Limit Access To Private Weapons? -- NBC/New York Times

Proposals under discussion are intended to separate at-risk service members from their personal firearms.

With nearly half of all suicides in the military having been committed with privately owned firearms, the Pentagon and Congress are moving to establish policies intended to separate at-risk service members from their personal weapons.

The issue is a thorny one for the Pentagon, with gun-rights advocates and many service members fiercely opposing any policies that could be construed as limiting the private ownership of firearms.

But with suicides continuing to rise this year, senior Defense Department officials are developing a suicide prevention campaign that will encourage friends and families of potentially suicidal service members to safely store or voluntarily remove personal firearms from their homes.

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My Comment: I doubt that this policy will work. If someone wants to commit suicide .... they will commit suicide .... gun or no gun. But .... if it can stop at least one fatality .... it may be worth it. A program that should be expanded to help in the prevention of vet suicides is probably this one.