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That's within America, not a comparison of national rates. In spite of America having a much higher gun ownership rate than other countries it doesn't appear to
by logicchains 6y ago
That's within America, not a comparison of national rates. In spite of America having a much higher gun ownership rate than other countries it doesn't appear to have a particularly high suicide rate.
- Kednicma 6y agoGo compare the USA and its suicide, gun ownership, and veteran rates, as a composite metric, with Switzerland and Israel, which I'm choosing because they're rich democracies with mandatory military service and relatively high rates of gun ownership; one is very reserved, one is more aggressive than the USA, and neither has the endemic problem of military veterans using service-issued firearms to commit suicide. I found [0] to be a decent introduction to the problem; one needs to take a birds-eye view in order to see it. [0] https://everytownresearch.org/report/those-who-serve-addressing-firearm-suicide-among-military-veterans/ https://everytownresearch.org/report/those-who-serve-address...
- watwut 6y agoThe big difference is that American veterans are more likely to be people deployed into combat zone for extensive length of time. Also, being American soldier affects your family situation quite a lot - they have much higher rates of divorces then general population. The mandatory military service in Switzerland is not comparable to being American soldier.
- dasudasu 6y agoIt doesn't, but it would likely be even lower still without guns. Owning a gun is a risk factor for impulsive suicides particularly.