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.

  • psud@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    21
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    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

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      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)