Gun suicides rose 11% in past decade, linked to cities with lax gun policies: New research – By Quinn Owen (ABC News) / Sept 8, 2022
Advocates say the statistics support their argument for gun control.
The number of suicides committed with firearms increased about 11% from 2010 to 2020 in much of the United States and was driven primarily by deaths in cities and states with more relaxed gun policies, according to new research first obtained by ABC News.
Researchers from New York University’s Langone’s City Heath Dashboard and Everytown for Gun Safety, a leading gun control advocacy organization, released a report Thursday tracking the growing rate of suicides by firearm, which already make up the bulk of gun deaths in the U.S.
The data analyzed in the report spans 2010 to 2020 and comes from 752 cities with populations of 50,000 or more across the country.
Adjusted for population, there were 5.3 gun suicides for every 100,000 people on average between 2010 and 2014 and 5.9 per 100,000 in 2016 to 2020, the report shows.
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