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Originally Posted by csb
Probably not. It seems gun suicides are actually a preferred method for some but that a determined person will use other means.
As per Wikipedia: Gun politics in Australia
Immediately following the Buyback there was a fall in firearm suicides which was more than offset by a 10% increase in total suicides in 1997 and 1998.
De Leo, Dwyer, Firman & Neulinger,[35] studied suicide methods in men from 1979 to 1998 and found a rise in hanging suicides . . . As hanging suicides rose at about the same rate as gun suicides fell, it is possible that there was some substitution of suicide methods. |
The number of people contemplating suicide also rose, and continues to do so. If guns were freely available the number of actual deaths would be higher.