You contradict yourself.  If suicide is a "highly impulsive & irrational act", then the 2/3rds of those "attempting" are rational enough to not want to die.  As I said...those are signs that the person is in trouble.  Those 10% who never try again obviously either "got help" externally, or "rationally" thought about what they just tried to do! Think about that!  And, I do think that "selective" empathy is strange. The state sanctions some suicides, but decides to use "gun control laws" to criminalize others?  As to bridges & barriers, if someone is bound and determined to take their own life, they WILL find a way, they WILL do it, regardless of means.  The left is great at taking "baby steps" to infringe on rights to further their agenda.  The deconstruction & elimination of 2nd amendment rights is the stated agenda of the left.  There are numerous statements from liberal leaders and others to that effect.  Do my lying eyes and ears deceive me?