About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday.

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    1 year ago

    Guns don’t cause suicide, but they make it much easier to successfully complete suicide

    Handguns especially

    But I doubt an increase in suicides this year from last year has anything to do with gun ownership rates