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minus-squarefenrasulfr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoDoesn’t Switzerland have a really high rate of suicide by firearm?
minus-squarepfried@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoYes. Switzerland reduced the size of its military, and the number of firearm suicides (and total suicides) dropped correspondingly due to reduced access to firearms. https://www.thetrace.org/2016/09/military-suicides-switzerland-gun-suicide-prevention/
minus-squarefenrasulfr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI hope this also correlated with a reduction in suicides overall and not just switching to other methods.
Doesn’t Switzerland have a really high rate of suicide by firearm?
Yes. Switzerland reduced the size of its military, and the number of firearm suicides (and total suicides) dropped correspondingly due to reduced access to firearms. https://www.thetrace.org/2016/09/military-suicides-switzerland-gun-suicide-prevention/
I hope this also correlated with a reduction in suicides overall and not just switching to other methods.