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GUNS DON’T KILL, ETC.
The article about suicide in rural
Oregon is interesting but reads more
like an anti-gun article than a serious
piece about suicide.
Historically, older men commit suicide
due to health or financial problems. What
is there to suggest that has changed? While
access to a firearm might occasionally
contribute to a more spontaneous act,
the mere presence of a firearm would
hardly be the proximate cause of suicide.
No one commits suicide just because
they have a gun in the house, any more
than a person would intentionally drive
off the road into a tree just because they
own a car.
Loneliness is extremely destructive, but
social isolation, whether urban or rural,
is almost always self-imposed. If clinical
depression is a factor, that is a community
health issue which also requires the active
involvement of the patient.
Neither has anything to do with guns.
Greg Williams
Noti
In 1990 the Santa Cruz, California,
Citizens Committee for the Homeless
established the Homeless Garden Project.
In the 30 years since its inception, that
project has provided unhoused people
paid jobs growing organic vegetables as
they learn horticultural and business skills.
Participants are also provided a range
of support services so they can find
permanent housing and stay on track after
completing the program. The project has a
farm stand, weekly produce delivery (CSA),
women-run flower and herb business,
and outreach programs for community
involvement.
Their success is a model for Eugene.
I hope Eugene Weekly reports on this
organization to help inspire organizations
such as Food for Lane County, Community
Supported Shelters, St. Vincent de Paul
and others to collaborate and create
agricultural opportunities for unhoused
people in the same spirit as those who
created Lane County ’s Poor Farm
generations ago.
Allen Hancock
Eugene
A GOOD EXAMPLE
CAN-DO
The Jan. 9 article on Lane County’s
Poor Farm (“The Poor Among Us”) shows
what we can do when a community comes
together to provide opportunities for
those without resources.
While many 20-somethings before me
have been uncertain of their future, today’s
moment is especially perilous. Climate
scientists have sounded the alarm: We
have 10 years to cut our emissions in half, or
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