Gun Control

Yep. "We talked briefly about the constitutional issue, the cultural divide, and other facets of the debate, but he scoffed at the idea that it was complex. To him, the reason to have a gun was to kill someone."

I always knew that if we ever had a gun in the apartment, one or both of us was going to finish up dead. As long as the worst we threw at each other was harsh words, we were good to go for 30+ years. Bring in a gun, and we wouldn't have lasted 10.

I thought the turn to suicide was kinda shocking.

Slightly, in the sense that he hadn't given any prior warning of his own inclination. But in general, about the gun "debate"? No, not shocking at all. If you buy a gun and it kills someone, statistically that someone is you. The NRA doesn't like to publicize that.

Well if gun owners gotta kill somebody, I guess themselves is the best option.