US suicides hit an all-time high last year
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About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday.
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About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday.
It's worth noting that also according to that article women attempt suicide 1.3x as often as men -- but men are more likely to use guns so they end up dying more. It seems to me guns are a core part of the issue
So let's pretend we get rid of guns; now we have thousands of people that still wish they were dead. Some will find other ways to die.
That's the point the other poster was making. We gotta treat the core problems, not just the symptoms.
Except the core poster says men have it worse when objectively women are attempting suicide more often.
The issue isn't that people are committing suicide with firearms, or even that they're committing suicide. The issue is that people are miserable and hate their lives.
Technology has us more isolated from each other and people have less friends now than they did 20 years ago.