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[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

another way these facts get skewed: most gun deaths are suicides, not homicides

in the US, states with the strictest gun laws do also have the lowest suicide rates, maybe because when there isn't an easy way to quickly exit, fewer people do - and the same reasoning probably applies to homicides

either way, there are also accidental gun deaths (kids accidentally shooting themselves or others because they're playing with daddy's gun, etc.) - so gun policies absolutely do save or cost lives