Kelend t1_jeg5f4o wrote on March 31, 2023 at 7:41 PM

Reply to comment by andylikescandy in Gun injuries in US surged during pandemic, CDC study shows by Picture-unrelated

>Statistically intuitive: lots of first time gun buyers, coupled with a decrease in access to training.

Um... no.

Suicides.

Its just suicides. Mental health took a dive during covid, people were stripped of their social networks and a lot of them were barely holding on.

andylikescandy t1_jegenw1 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 8:43 PM

How many firearm suicide attempts fail? This is specifically in reference to injuries.

Kelend t1_jeghauu wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:01 PM

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2589288/

More often than people think. The human body is resilient, and most people aren't that good with anatomy.

Also, we have the issue that suicides and suicide attempts in general are mislabeled as accidents due to 1) insurance issues 2) social acceptance.

andylikescandy t1_jegsron wrote on March 31, 2023 at 10:22 PM

Ok that's a hell of a corner case you linked to though, from 34 years ago, I cannot imagine that being representative, it reminds me of people "ODing" on non-lethal medications in "suicide attempts" that were never going to work out. It's easier to get a useful firearm in than it is to Jerry rig something gun like once, and that person did it twice.