By Heidi Zinzow, Clemson University More than half – 54% – of all firearm deaths in the United States in 2021 were attributable to suicide, according to February 2023 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Suicide deaths involving firearms – the most common means of suicide in the U.S. – have increased … Read more
By Kevin Perkins It was a big day for the small gun shop I worked at. A little over six months in, the newer, more upscale location had been a boon to business. That morning we came in several hours before opening to film our first TV commercial. Filming was going well even though we … Read more
Press release: Non-profit Walk The Talk America is acting to bring caring firearms-related companies together with mental health programs in need, changing to help those suffering from mental health issues. The issue of firearms ownership is clearly one of the issues that creates the most passionate emotional response from both sides of America’s political spectrum. Walk … Read more
About 36,000 people die of gunshot wounds in the US every year. Of that total, two-thirds are suicides. To the extend that the number of suicides can be reduced, that’s a benefit, not only in terms of the lives saved — the primary consideration — but it’s also a plus for gun rights. Despite all of … Read more
TTAG reader MarkPA writes: Of the 30,000 or so annual deaths by gun shot, two thirds are suicides. We, the People of the Gun, ironically take little interest in this statistic, brushing it off by mentioning the “substitution effect.” That without guns, these people would have found other means to end their lives. This is … Read more
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