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[+] -6 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Not really, suicide is historically just under half of all gun deaths. But your point stands!

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    It hasn't been under half in ages. In 2023 it was 58% in the US and in some areas it's noticeably more

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago

    Haven't looked at numbers for 4-5 years, and holy shit did it flip around 2022-2023. Last I saw was 43-48%.

    Anyone want to see for themselves, this is a solid search:

    "cdc gun deaths"

    Plenty of data from solid sources to back treesquid. Thanks for getting me up to date! I was quite ignorant.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    I think you missed the point. Not what percentage of gun deaths are suicides, but what percentage of suicides are gun related.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    It's never one way. It's not like owning a gun is driving people to suicide. It's intersectionality that drives higher numbers.

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