A record number of nearly 50,000 Americans took their own lives last year, and naturally, the media blame firearms.
A main “driver” of suicide is “the growing availability of guns,” Jill Harkavy-Friedman, senior vice president of research at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention told the Associated Press.
Here’s the “logic” from the far-left AP to back that up. “Suicide attempts involving guns end in death far more often than those with other means[.]”:
A recent Johns Hopkins University analysis used preliminary 2022 data to calculate that the nation’s overall gun suicide rate rose last year to an all-time high. For the first time, the gun suicide rate among Black teens surpassed the rate among white teens, the researchers found.
“I don’t know if you can talk about suicide without talking about firearms,” Harkavy-Friedman said.
The easiest way to expose the stupidity behind that thinking is to apply that same anti-science logic to something else:
The increase in car accidents is caused by the availability of cars.
The increase in drunk driving is caused by the availability of liquor.
The increase in paper cuts is caused by the availability of paper.
The increase in the number of bathtub drownings is caused by increased access to bathtubs.
People fall down the stairs because stairs are everywhere.
Good heavens… People are not committing suicide because the firearm calls out to them to commit suicide. The reasons behind suicide are countless and complicated.
According to this report, suicides increased steadily starting in 2000. Well, Americans have had easy access to guns since 1776. Here’s an idea… Let’s look at what actually has changed since the year 2000 that might negatively affect a person’s state of mind.