• SupraMario@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    It won’t even save 30k a year, the mass majority of our deaths via guns are suicides. Removing that avenue is not going to magically make someone less suicidal.

    • MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca
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      47 minutes ago

      I believe guns increase the likelihood of suicide. There was a study on this, and lately firearm instructors have been conveying(in Utah at least) that removing guns from your home if suicidal is crucial. And to watch for signs of depression in other gun owners.

      But I agree with your overall point. Removing the guns won’t eliminate those suicide deaths, only reduce them.

      And more to my point, if RFK is in power when bird flu achieves human to human transmission, gun deaths will be background noise.