>While there are countless other ways to commit suicide, experience shows taking away just one of the tools can save many, many lives. I have found two studies

>While there are countless other ways to commit suicide, experience shows taking away just one of the tools can save many, many lives. I have found two studies with that claim. One is going state by state (like there may be no other factors?) [1]. The second is comparing urban Maryland vs rural (if you've ever been to rural Maryland, you'd know comparing it to Baltimore is ridiculous) [2]. [1] https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/guns-and-suicide/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/guns-and-suicide/ [2] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/suicide-rates-maryland-rural-urban-firearms-guns-johns-hopkins-united-states-a7898951.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/suicide-rates-mary...