Prediction: More Guns, Less Suicide During Trump Administration

Ammoland ^ | 9 July, 2018 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

There have been a number of recent opinion articles that attempted to create a linkage between firearms in society and the rate of suicides in society. The opinion articles contain explicit calls for more regulation of firearms in society, even though most of the policy prescriptions would have no effect on suicides.

• Banning or restriction semi-automatic firearms? Suicides only need a single shot.
• Banning or restricting magazine capacity? Suicides only need one shot. Magazines are superfluous to suicide.
• Reducing the age of sale for semi-automatic rifles? The same lack of logic applies.

The general argument that more guns result in more suicides is false.

Suicide in the United States is primarily a phenomenon of white men. In 2016, 69% of all suicides were white men. Among white men, older men have the most suicides.

Consider the chart. During the Obama administration, gun sales went through the roof. That trend is continuing in the Trump years.  While the per capita gun numbers have been increasing over the last decades, the percentage of suicides committed with guns has dropped considerably. It is been relatively level at 50% during the entire Obama administration.

During the same period, the per capita number of guns increased from 1.01 in 2008 to 1.25 in 2016. While the per capita number of guns increased by 24%, the percentage of suicides with guns stayed level.

The total national suicide rate has been on the increase since the turn of the millennium. From 2000 to 2007, the rate increased from 10.44 to 11.27, or .83 per 100k population.  In 2016, the rate had increased to 13.42, an increase of 2.15 per 100k population. 

[marktwain]

Suicide rates will decrease during the Trump administration.

[bagster]

Can somebody isolate the suicide rate of people that know, or piss off, or are about to testify against the Clintons?

I'd be curious to see that graph.

Bagster

[DaveA37]

“The general argument that more guns result in more suicides is false”...…

Dang! I had hopes those suicides were all liberals. Plus, I was planning to purchase several more guns.

[FLT-bird]

What’s Japan’s suicide rate? What are Japan’s gun laws like?

Next!

[Blue House Sue]

“Suicide in the United States is primarily a phenomenon of white men. In 2016, 69% of all suicides were white men. “

Thus, suicide rate is to white men as homicide rate is to black men.

[PROCON]

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[Diana in Wisconsin]

We are doing our part to add to the stockpile here in SW Wisconsin. You can always count on us. :)

P.S. No plans for suicide or murder & suicide, even though we have access to evil, EVIL guns.

*SNORT*

[Cheerio]

I doubt there is a graph or chart but IMHO it would be beteen 95-99%