The majority of US gun deaths are suicides. Here’s how to prevent them
Experts like Paul Nestadt of Johns Hopkins University say stigma and misinformation get in the way – but don’t have to
In 2022, the number of US gun suicides reached an all-time high: 73 people dying by gun suicide every day, or a total of nearly 27,000 deaths that year.
Despite years of intense debate over gun violence in the US, this central fact still receives little attention: the majority of the country’s gun deaths are suicides, not homicides.
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