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General Topics => Legal and Activism => Topic started by: oldfart on June 27, 2026, 03:53:46 AM
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An article from Hawaiʻi Public Radio.....
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"Gov. Josh Green said Attorney General Ann Lopez was carefully reviewing the Supreme Court's decision and evaluating its implications for Hawaiʻi law, state policies and ongoing enforcement.
Green said in a statement that the ruling was “not great” but Hawaiʻi would follow it. The governor said he treated many people wounded by accidental gunfire while working as an emergency room physician. He also shared that he lost an uncle and a cousin to self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
“Having more guns in society, we will have more of these incidents, but Supreme Court made that ruling, so we’ll abide by it,” Green said
📝: Audrey McAvoy / HPR
🎥: Emma Caires / HPR"
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Well, now he knows how many people feel.
We don't like him, but he got elected.
So we'll abide by it. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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The majority of suicides among men involve hanging, carbon monoxide poisoning and firearms. However, the majority of suicides among women involve drug overdose.
While it's easy to single out the means used as the differentiating factor as to why more men succeed than women at offing themselves, even though women attempt suicide 2 to 3 times as often as men, studies suggest it's not that men use more lethal means. It's been shown that men are likely more committed to ending their lives while women are using suicide attempts as a means of getting attention or help dealing with their problems.
To that point, when focusing on a single method of dying such as hanging (the number one method in the UK), men still succeed at a much higher rate than women.
I think it's been theorized that men don't think about the aftermath for others when they shoot themselves. The scene is a messy, violent scenario that someone must happen upon (creating trauma for that person/s), and someone must clean up the gore it creates. Women are more likely to choose a mice, neat method that doesn't create as much gore, like OD, hanging or slicing their wrists in a tub to contain their blood.
The bottom line is, suicide is a major concern in all countries, even those with restricted access to firearms. There is no data to support the theory that fewer firearms in society means fewer successful suicides. There are far more significant factors involved such as gender, existence of emotional support networks, etc
One would think a medical professional would know better than to use emotions rather than actual data to form his opinions.
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The majority of suicides among men involve hanging, carbon monoxide poisoning and firearms. However, the majority of suicides among women involve drug overdose.
The three guys I knew personally who killed themselves all did it by hanging. Two because of marital problems and one went into deep depression after his father died.
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The three guys I knew personally who killed themselves all did it by hanging. Two because of marital problems and one went into deep depression after his father died.
I've known one person while in Hawaii to kill themselves. The teenage son across the street from us in Mililani hanged himself from the loft railing inside the home while the family was out. I'll never forget hearing the mother's screams when they walked in on it.
He was troubled, was into drugs and had just graduated from Mililani High School. I saw 2 times when Cop cars were there bringing him home.
Two girls from my high school killed themselves just over a year after I graduated. I was in band with one and Jr ROTC with the other. One used a pistol and the other a shotgun.
Goes to show, there are always cases which don't follow the statistics. The boy who hanged himself didn't have access to guns, but he succeeded anyway. Again, there are more significant factors involved when someone attempts suicide.
There are a couple of threads here where a certain mothereefer tried to argue the academic (common sense?) viewpoint that guns increase the success rate of suicides. He has no data to back that claim up which I repeatedly pointed outt but to no avail. I imagine Green also passionately substitutes his own beliefs for reality. Changing minds is impossible when they believe they are right.
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It's great that Green decided to follow the Constitution. We should be grateful. Maybe send him a thank you card.