Not disputing any of your first paragraph.

As for your second: No, it isn’t. Luckily I didn’t.

Neither the unpredictability of suicide nor your implication that I would say what I said to someone completely different diminishes the necessity of the second amendment to protect people like those mentioned in the OP.

As a progressive gun owner, mental health is part of being a responsible gun owner.

If your wife is suicidal, don’t have a gun she can access.

It’s not about mounting an organized resistance. It’s about making the black bag squads scared of coming to your house specifically.

When the chips are down, nobody’s got your back like you do.