“six in 10 gun deaths in the U.S. are suicides” This is part of a trend in “deaths of despair” in the last few decades. People are killing themselves more with

“six in 10 gun deaths in the U.S. are suicides” This is part of a trend in “deaths of despair” in the last few decades. People are killing themselves more with guns, alcohol, and (especially) drug overdoses. https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/analysis/?id=B29A7E54-0E13-4C4D-83AA-6A49105F0F43 https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/anal... Gun violence by homicide is actually down considerably since its highs in the 80s and 90s. Edit: the bigger part of this is also that deaths due to motor vehicles are also way, way down due to improved vehicle safety. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/17/guns-are-now-killing-as-many-people-as-cars-in-the-u-s/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/17/guns-...