A Maine woman wants to take away the rights of every citizen in the state because her son was mentally unstable.

Laurier J. Belanger Jr. waited 20 minutes to buy the shotgun that he used to kill himself a day and a half later.

His mother, Catherine Crowley, wishes her 18-year-old son had had a little more time to consider whether he wanted to live or die.

"If Larry had to wait to buy the shotgun, he would have had more time to think," Crowley said. "I just don't think he would have gone through with it if he had to wait longer before getting the gun."

Belanger is campaigning for a 10-day waiting period, under the mistaken assumption that he wouldn't have killed himself with a rope or sleeping pills. In fact, all statistical evidence shows that nations and states with extremely limited access to guns still suffer from suicide.

This young man's suicide is indeed a tragedy. But taking away the rights of others won't bring him back, nor will it prevent other suicides.