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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING: Maine shooter has been found dead [View all]BigmanPigman
(54,519 posts)and he was talking about "prayers". Nothing in this country is going to change in my lifetime. I really do believe that. People keep voting these assholes into elected office yet 86% want this shit to stop. Americans make zero sense to me. Why do they say one thing yet vote 100% differently?!?
Also, ....
"Trends Over Time
The firearm suicide epidemic has been growing, with the firearm suicide rate increasing 12.5% over the last decade (2010-2019). 2019 showed a slight reprieve, with the rate dropping by 2.84% from 2018. Still, 23,941 Americans died by firearm suicide in 2019, capping a decade during which more than 200,000 people were lost to firearm suicide."
https://preventfirearmsuicide.efsgv.org/about-firearm-suicide/statistics/#:~:text=Firearms%20are%20used%20in%20half,suicide%20attempts%20result%20in%20death.&text=Every%20day%2C%2064%20Americans%20die,suicide%20%E2%80%94%20one%20every%2022%20minutes.