Mike D@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoI've never been in a situation where me having a gun would have made things bettter.message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareI've never been in a situation where me having a gun would have made things bettter.Mike D@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·13 days agoNot really, suicide is historically just under half of all gun deaths. But your point stands!
minus-squaretreesquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoIt hasn’t been under half in ages. In 2023 it was 58% in the US and in some areas it’s noticeably more
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoHaven’t looked at numbers for 4-5 years, and holy shit did it flip around 2022-2023. Last I saw was 43-48%. Anyone want to see for themselves, this is a solid search: “cdc gun deaths” Plenty of data from solid sources to back treesquid. Thanks for getting me up to date! I was quite ignorant.
Not really, suicide is historically just under half of all gun deaths. But your point stands!
It hasn’t been under half in ages. In 2023 it was 58% in the US and in some areas it’s noticeably more
Haven’t looked at numbers for 4-5 years, and holy shit did it flip around 2022-2023. Last I saw was 43-48%.
Anyone want to see for themselves, this is a solid search:
“cdc gun deaths”
Plenty of data from solid sources to back treesquid. Thanks for getting me up to date! I was quite ignorant.