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> IIRC handguns are used in 75% of firearm deaths from all causes (homicide, suicide, accidents). kind of a distorted figure there because suicide dominates by
by nullc 4y ago
> IIRC handguns are used in 75% of firearm deaths from all causes (homicide, suicide, accidents).
kind of a distorted figure there because suicide dominates by a wide margin, and gun availablity doesn't change the suicide rate. e.g. when controlling for latitude you get similar suicide rates in places without guns, people just use different means.
- TylerE 4y agoGuns have by far the highest success rate.
- nullc 4y agoYet the suicide rate in the US and UK-- where there is more or less zero access to guns-- are essentially the same, especially after correcting for age and latitude.
- RajT88 4y agoIt's not that wide of a margin, and different aggregations (geographic region, year, etc.) see a more even 50/50ish split; https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-da...