Yet US Suicide rates are comparable to those of Sweden, Finland, Norway, Canada. A big higher but very very close. So I don't see how guns matter in that case. If they did matter to the actual decision of killing yourself or not, you'd see an actual correlation worldwide. Also, I'm not sure if the stats account for people buying guns just to kill themselves. Like is it only including long time owners? Otherwise I again don't see the difference between buying a gun to commit suicide vs doing it via hanging.
The message it sends is that having a gun in your house makes it more likely for you to commit suicide. But causation can just as easily be reversed, i.e. if you are suicidal you're probably more a lot more likely to acquire a gun. Would it be surprising that someone who wants to die is more likely to have something that can help him do just that?
UK: "this includes all deaths from intentional self-harm for persons aged 10 years and over and deaths caused by injury or poisoning where the intent was undetermined for those aged 15 years and over." https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsde...
> The message it sends is that having a gun in your house makes it more likely for you to commit suicide.
Yes. It's well established in suicide research that preventing access to means and methods is an important suicide prevention measure. Which suicide prevention research have you recently read?
The message it sends is that having a gun in your house makes it more likely for you to commit suicide. But causation can just as easily be reversed, i.e. if you are suicidal you're probably more a lot more likely to acquire a gun. Would it be surprising that someone who wants to die is more likely to have something that can help him do just that?