Here's a breakdown, somewhat dated (2001). I think the fireatm rate is now
down to 50%.
Rate Per
Number 100,000 % of Total
Firearms..................16,869........5.9.........55.1
All Other Methods.........13,753........4.8.........49.9
Hanging or Suffocation.....6,198........2.2.........20.2
Poisoning..................5,191........1.8.........17.0
Falls........................651........0.2..........2.1
Cutting / Piercing..........458........0.2..........1.5
Drowning.....................339........0.1..........1.1
Fire.........................147........0.1..........0.5
Two USAF officers I worked with committed suicide. One hanged himself and
the other stabbed himself. Shooting may be the most common method, but
certainly not the only way.
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Andrew
Strasfogel
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 6:01 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fwd: FYI - sensible Oz gun laws
Like how?
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Scott Ritchey <ritche...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Cars and guns each kill about 30K persons annually in the US. But 20K of
> the gun deaths are suicides, who would presumably kill themselves some
> other
> way if a gun wasn't available.
>
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