![]() ![]() What can be done? There is no one solution that will keep every last suicidal person from obtaining a firearm. This buying frenzy and the residual stresses of the virus create a perfect storm for potential suicides and put many more ordinary citizens at a heightened risk. ![]() have surged to a 64% increase, estimated to be over 21 million purchases. ![]() Since the onset of the pandemic, firearm purchases in the U.S. Tragedy: Victims identified in suspected Hyannis murder-death by suicide The problem is when a person with suicidal thoughts has access to and uses a gun, he is unlikely to survive. We’re not referring to gun owners, who are not more prone to be depressed or suicidal. Regarding victims of suicide, we tend to ask who and why, but how is of primary importance in determining whether they live or die. It is primarily about a good guy - hopeless and isolated from support - with a gun. The gun problem in America, then, is not really due to a bad guy with a gun causing a tragedy nor a good guy with a gun stopping one. The astounding fact hidden in the numbers is that two-thirds of these gun deaths are suicides, according to the Harvard T.H. Within this larger epidemic is a silent one. Guns are now the number one cause of death of children in the United States. In nine of our states gun deaths exceed traffic fatalities. At 45,000 gun fatalities per year, we lead the world’s industrial nations with a rate 30 times higher than France, Israel and Britain, according to the Pew Research Center. The United States has an epidemic of gun violence. Now, however, is the time to address an ongoing crisis that yearly claims thousands of American lives. Just out of a worldwide epidemic and now in the midst of civil and political unrest, we’re not eager to deal with yet another social evil. ![]()
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