Mike D@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前I've never been in a situation where me having a gun would have made things bettter.message-squaremessage-square281linkfedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down155
arrow-up1352arrow-down1message-squareI've never been in a situation where me having a gun would have made things bettter.Mike D@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前message-square281linkfedilink
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down10·4 个月前Not really, suicide is historically just under half of all gun deaths. But your point stands!
minus-squaretreesquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·4 个月前It hasn’t been under half in ages. In 2023 it was 58% in the US and in some areas it’s noticeably more
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 个月前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.
minus-squarek0e3@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 个月前What do you mean, “not really”? Is there a single type of gun-related death that is more common? Because OP is saying “the most common,” not “the majority”.
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 个月前Turns out now it’s also the majority
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·4 个月前I think you missed the point. Not what percentage of gun deaths are suicides, but what percentage of suicides are gun related.
minus-squareBad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 个月前It’s never one way. It’s not like owning a gun is driving people to suicide. It’s intersectionality that drives higher numbers.
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 个月前You’re absolutely right. Owning the gun gives them the opportunity that wouldn’t exist as easily otherwise. And just for the record I’m not anti-gun.
Not really, suicide is historically just under half of all gun deaths. But your point stands!
It hasn’t been under half in ages. In 2023 it was 58% in the US and in some areas it’s noticeably more
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.
What do you mean, “not really”? Is there a single type of gun-related death that is more common? Because OP is saying “the most common,” not “the majority”.
Turns out now it’s also the majority
I think you missed the point. Not what percentage of gun deaths are suicides, but what percentage of suicides are gun related.
It’s never one way. It’s not like owning a gun is driving people to suicide. It’s intersectionality that drives higher numbers.
You’re absolutely right. Owning the gun gives them the opportunity that wouldn’t exist as easily otherwise. And just for the record I’m not anti-gun.