the mental health care that will prevent these mass murder suicides is

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2. IMHO suicide prevention doesn't work

Let me clarify that. I don't think it works for somebody that is planning suicide. I have to attend suicide prevention training twice a year as do all other active duty personnel. 1 AD member per day and 18 veterans per day is the current rate. It definitely is not slowing down. But with all that said...I guess it is better than nothing.

Now, what it might do is educate a person to recognize the warning signs of his buddy that he is planning suicide. I have 3 active duty friends that have committed suicide. One just did it 2 weeks ago. Nobody saw it coming, we are still looking for something that we missed.

If I had a magic wand to prevent suicides....I think it would be to erase mental illness from this planet.