In 1998, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, guns killed 612 kids younger than 14. One hundred fifty-four of those killed themselves. A sizable minority of these deaths are intentional suicides, which are a tragedy by any measure, but which are not prevented by gun control. Suicides and intentional shootings don't count. And please don't believe the claim that guns have a neutral effect on suicide.
Guns are the most common and effective means of suicide.
Most people who try to kill themselves with drugs fail and have a chance to talk it over with a therapist. Use a gun, and you don't get a second chance. Every credible suicide-prevention program recognizes the effectiveness of keeping suicidal people away from guns. The most cockamamie response from gun cheerleaders, however, is that I should quit worrying about guns and start worrying about space heaters. That claim has such appeal it is repeated all over the Internet.