Comment is it actually wrong to remove them? (Score 1) 490
If someone is considering offing themselves, it might be simpler to take their gun and blow their head off instead of trying to hang themselves, jump off a building/bridge, slice their wrists, etc.
To the person doing the act, shooting themselves in the head is probably going to seem less painful and more convenient then most other options.
If that's the case, then removing the gun might reduce the chances of actually carrying through on a suicide attempt.