Gun Deaths Are Mostly Suicides

[2nd Mass]

Gun Deaths Are Mostly Suicides

Many of the gun-control measures that politicians propose to reduce the number of homicides and mass shootings would have a limited effect on gun suicides.

Efforts to ban so-called assault weapons or to reduce the number of bullets that could be loaded into a gun at once would probably not make suicide any less likely. But other measures meant to prevent gun homicides might have an effect on gun suicides, particularly those designed to identify and help people with mental health needs.

Mental illness, which may contribute to mass shootings, is a clear risk factor for suicide.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/upshot/gun-deaths-are-mostly-suicides.html?_r=1

Bookmark for those that need more ammo for their debates.

[PaIadin]

All you ask those people is the OVERALL suicide rate that can be decreased with gun control and present the FBI NCVS defensive gun use statistic which is about 50,000 per year.

[8886]

From what I've heard, 2/3rds of gun deaths are from suicide. So sayeth some gun control guy during a recent NPR interview...



"Assault weapon" deaths are single digits in % points on the overall scale said the counter argument guy.

[JagerDog]

I studied the Ozzie stats a bit some years ago. Principle gun related deaths affected were suicide rates. Suicide rate satyed pretty flat, they just chose differen methods.

[Ripon83]

The majority of gun related murders are gang related. We have a right to assembly but I don't see them challenging that one?

[fighterpilot562]

I had a libbie tell me if guns were banned, there would be less suicides. And I told her, if someone really wanted to off themselves, not having a gun not gonna stop them.

"I wanna kill myself, oh, i have no gun, guess I can't now...."

[robodeer]

"Assault weapon" deaths are single digits in % points on the overall scale said the counter argument guy.

Obama told one of the agencies to look up the effects of banning rifles (ARs?) so he could use it for his push after sandy hook. Turns out that there would be no real effect. I don't r,ember that being on any of the news channels.

[Swagman00]

Riddle me this. Terminal illnesses aside, if a democrat wants to ban so many guns due to deaths by firearms including suicide then why do they pass a bill to allow suicide by another method?

[toby]

A gun is a gun is a gun and guns bring death, they see it no other way.

[timdps]

"Gun Deaths Are Mostly Suicides"

And 90% of the homicides are gang on gang shootings.

T

[spyde12]

Obama told one of the agencies to look up the effects of banning rifles (ARs?) so he could use it for his push after sandy hook. Turns out that there would be no real effect. I don't r,ember that being on any of the news channels.

Do you have a source because it would be a good one for me to bookmark.

OP, good post.

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[robodeer]

Gun Deaths Are Mostly Suicides

I think I saw it on one of those gun blogs if memory serves (TTAG or TFB I think).

Edit. Not the source, but I think the study said something to the effect of this: most gun crimes are from handguns, and that banning semi-auto rifles wouldn't have much of an effect - only an outright ban where you could get both legal and illegal guns. All of them. I'll see if I can find it later on.

http://nytimes.com/2014/09/14/sunday-review/the-assault-weapon-myth.html?referer=&_r=0

[k1dude]

What I want to know is do other countries compile their statistics the same way we do?

The left keeps claiming we're number 1 in the world in gun deaths. We all know that's a flat out lie no matter how the statistics are compiled. But, I suspect it's even more of a lie than we'll ever know depending on how the statistics are compiled.

In the US, we include all gun deaths whether they are suicides, homicides, accidental, or police shootings. Do other nations compile it the same way? I doubt it. I suspect other nations are ONLY giving us homicide numbers which makes their gun death numbers far far less than ours.

[vliberatore]

All you ask those people is the OVERALL suicide rate that can be decreased with gun control and present the FBI NCVS defensive gun use statistic which is about 50,000 per year.

The CDC's study has it at 500k+ per year

[sl0re10]

From what I've heard, 2/3rds of gun deaths are from suicide. So sayeth some gun control guy during a recent NPR interview...



"Assault weapon" deaths are single digits in % points on the overall scale said the counter argument guy.

who probably thinks suicide should be legal!

'all rifles' homicides are 3%. AW / black rifle are so rare they don't break them out...