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.
Guns don't cause suicide, but they make it much easier to successfully complete suicide
Handguns especially
But I doubt an increase in suicides this year from last year has anything to do with gun ownership rates
I made a serious attempt once. I am anti-gun and didn't have access to one. I tried a different way. If someone is serious, they will find a way. (I'm doing much better, thanks)
If you would have tired with a gun you would have succeeded. That's the point about guns and their availability.
Guns are the most fatal, but even then only have an 80% success rate:
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/means-matter/case-fatality/
I personally knew a guy who tried and failed, living with 1/3rd of your brain missing is not pretty.