December 14, 2018

Record number of gun deaths in 2017 - majority suicides

Web MD - Gun deaths in the United States reached a record high of nearly 40,000 in 2017, according to a CNN analysis of federal government data.

The new analysis revealed that 23,854 people died from suicide by gun in 2017, the highest number since 1999, when there were 16,599 suicide deaths by gun.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The majority have always been suicides. We as a culture provide no better, surer way to leave early.