Guns are now killing as many people as cars in the U.S

Re:Guns are now killing as many people as cars in the U.S by SteveLAnderson on Thursday December 17, 2015 @12:36PM (#10752882)

Fixing the issues that lead a person to consider suicide is really hard. Decreasing the number of available guns is much easier and is effective.

When Australia decreased the number of guns, the suicide rate (not just gun related suicides, but all suicides) decreased by 65%.

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Re:Guns are now killing as many people as cars in the U.S by brianlweiner on Thursday December 17, 2015 @12:56PM (#10753036)

Suicides definitely decrease with less access to guns, however many countries with gun restrictions have higher rates of suicide than the US (e.g Japan, S Korea, France, Belgium) [1]

Also suicides via firearm had been declining in Australia prior to any buyback. [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r... [2] http://c5.nrostatic.com/sites/default/files/australia.jpg

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