I’m sure I wasn’t the only one reading the two lead stories in the April 8 edition of The Salt Lake Tribune who found it ironic that one of the lead stories was about the increasing interest that women have in getting concealed carry permits while the other big story was questioning why Utah has such a high rate of youth suicide.
Firearms are used in almost 50 percent of youth suicides and are the most common method of suicide in the 10-to-17 age range, according to the Utah Department of Health. The vast majority of those youth who use a firearm to commit suicide get it from home.