A reminder as various states pass bills that would make it easier to own and carry guns: 61% of gun deaths are suicides.
CW: suicide
The rate of suicide in the US is three times that of any other developed country, because not only is it easier to kill yourself with a gun, you are much less likely to survive a suicide attempt made with a gun.
tuftsdaily.com/opinion/2021/0…
The rate of suicide in the US is three times that of any other developed country, because not only is it easier to kill yourself with a gun, you are much less likely to survive a suicide attempt made with a gun.
tuftsdaily.com/opinion/2021/0…
Suicides are barely part of the gun violence discourse.
By contrast, mass shootings comprise 0.2% of gun deaths and yet dominate the conversation.
By contrast, mass shootings comprise 0.2% of gun deaths and yet dominate the conversation.
It's clearly a media-driven narrative. Mass shootings are dramatic and sensational, suicides are not.
If we had more responsible media and politicians, maybe real gun control would be possible.
If we had more responsible media and politicians, maybe real gun control would be possible.
But while we're having a debate with parameters that don't match reality, as is so often the case, I don't see how that is remotely possible.
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