The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that the annual firearm suicide rate in the U.S. climbed to the highest documented level in the organization's history.
Suicides by firearm reached an all-time high in the U.S. last year, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The annual U.S. firearm suicide rate was 8.1 per 100,000 in 2022, up from about 7.3 per 100,000 in 2019. According to the CDC, it is the “highest documented level since…
throughout and that number proliferated since 2004 and seems to me the policy prescription that might have an effect goes way beyond anything that s really in public discussion right now. well, that s exactly right. what happened in australia was that they had had something like 13 gun massacres in the 18 years before the ban and 14 years since they have had zero gun massacres and tightened up licensing and registration. the firearms homicide rate fell over 40% in the 2-year period to buy up the guns. and their firearm suicide rate fell about the same amount but what i would say in terms of political policy, the one thing to make the most difference in the united states is not taking away anybody s guns but a universal background check. i can t understand why a conservative leader can t stand up and say enough is enough, why are we letting criminals buy