Increase in suicides in America / Seven thousand people commit suicide with firearms every year

According to IRNA from ABC News, according to research by the Gun Control Organization, the number of people who died by suicide with guns in American cities has increased by 11% over the past decade, and is now on average 4 out of every 10 cities contain this amount of suicide, which includes more than seven thousand deaths per year and nearly 20 suicides per day.

According to this report, the gun suicide rate in US cities with stricter gun laws is half that of cities with lighter gun laws.

According to the Gun Control Organization, many suicides and other gun-related deaths in America—a total of 24,000 a year—are preventable, and this growing public health crisis must be addressed.

Research also shows that an average of 65 gun suicide deaths occur in the U.S. each day, although these deaths are preventable because policies and measures have been shown to reduce gun violence. Access to guns reduces suicide by firearm.