One of the big paddings for those who use “Gun Death” as a metric is Suicide. More than half the “Gun Death” in America is suicide. Think about that, that’s HUGE. But how relevant is it? I mean when you look at other nations by Suicide rate the US is hardly at the top, while we are one of the most permissive nations on guns. We’re probably on the top of the pile for “Suicide-by-guns”, but is that relevant that people chose one method, vs another?
Authorities say a South Florida man committed suicide by dousing himself with gasoline and then lighting a fire.
Would it have been worse if he committed suicide with a gun?
Yeah
h/t Bob
