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Most Firearm Deaths in America Involve Suicide, not Bad Guys With Guns
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White men in small towns are most at risk. When we talk about gun violence in the U.S., we usually look at homicides, at urban crime and mass shootings. But two-thirds of gun deaths in America don’t involve bad guys with guns. They’re caused by suicide, by people deliberately harming themselves. Even many pro-gun activists say that has to change. |
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PHORTO
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Immaterial. One of my closest friends lost a battle with alcoholism when he couldn't get his hands on a gun and hanged himself instead.
You cannot burden the rights of the vast majority of people for the relatively few that are at risk. |
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