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Originally Posted by clive milne
Suicide rate is proportional to firearm access only if you cherry pick the data points.
Here's a couple that disprove that there is a causative link.
Japan gun ownership 0.6 per 100 people.
Japan suicide rate: 19.7 per 100,000 people.
USA gun ownership: 101 per 100 people.
USA suicide rate: 14.3 per 100,000 people.
Ergo... Japan with 160x less guns per capita, has almost 150% higher suicide rate. (compared to the US)
Source:
Here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ted_death_rate
and here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...y_suicide_rate |
Two different cultures, two differnt worlds.
Compare the rate of Australians that own guns to Australians that don't own guns instead.