CNN (9/29, McPhillips) reported, “States with the weakest gun safety laws saw the rate of gun suicides jump 39% over the past two decades – from about eight gun suicides for every 100,000 people in 1999 to nearly 12 in 2022, according to” the findings of “an analysis from the nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety.” In those “states with the strongest gun safety laws,” however, “gun suicide rates decreased slightly over that time – down from 3.6 to 3.4 gun suicides for every 100,000 people.”
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— “With gun suicides at record levels in the US, rates differ markedly by state policies on gun safety, new report shows,”Deidre McPhillips, CNN, September 29, 2023