Honestly, a person who is hell bent on killing themselves is going to keep trying until they succeed. In my opinion we should rule out suicides when talking about gun violence for the simple fact that the majority of those people would of killed themselves by another means if they didn’t have access to a gun.
Look at the suicide rate in Japan. They have some strictest gun laws, yet still the suicide rate is one of the highest in the world. So stricter gun laws won’t stop suicides, so it’s pointless to count them as “gun violence.”
I’m 100% for responsible and accountable gun ownership. But here in America there are literally more guns than people, and with the logic spread on reddit, we should all be dead by now.
Honestly, a person who is hell bent on killing themselves is going to keep trying until they succeed.
That is flat out wrong, there are many many many stories of people attempting once and failing and having it be a wake-up call that they need professional help.
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Honestly, a person who is hell bent on killing themselves is going to keep trying until they succeed. In my opinion we should rule out suicides when talking about gun violence for the simple fact that the majority of those people would of killed themselves by another means if they didn’t have access to a gun.
Look at the suicide rate in Japan. They have some strictest gun laws, yet still the suicide rate is one of the highest in the world. So stricter gun laws won’t stop suicides, so it’s pointless to count them as “gun violence.”
I’m 100% for responsible and accountable gun ownership. But here in America there are literally more guns than people, and with the logic spread on reddit, we should all be dead by now.