Senior men have higher rates of suicide than average, and firearms were involved in more than three-quarters of those deaths in 2021, according to a CDC report

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    Why does the US mentality always revolve around a single cause?

    It’s clear that the availability of an instantaneous way to end your life on a whim with zero effort and zero percieved pain is going to facilitate a lot of suicides. No, banning it wont stop suicide, but it would absolutely reduce them. To suggest otherwise is simply statistically disingenuous, regardless of how much you have the right to bear them or not.

    But if guns are part of the US identity and culture then so be it, but that means spending on mental health outcomes and prevention need to dramatically increase.

    It’s a cost either way, whichever side of the gun debate you are on

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      If you understand suicide even a little bit you would know men do not fuck about when it comes to suicide. There is little in between, no cry’s for help they are rare. guns are a tool to achieve the outcome and the statistics will never change.

      So this click bait title is just stupid anti-gun garbage. Men will ALWAYS be the higher suicide rate no matter what.

      Up next water is wet.

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        Toxic masculinity is what you’re describing. It’s very prevalent in the US. Guns are part of that toxic male culture.