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2023-12-07 20:31:39 UTC - HELPFUL
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Context: More than 50% of gun deaths are suicide. CDC includes suicide in gun violence, but the founder of anti-suicide program Means Matter says , "Most members of the public assume it refers to homicide & assault and not also to suicide or accidental gun deaths." https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/#:~:text=Though%20they%20tend%20to%20get%20less%20public%20attention%20than%20gun-related%20murders%2C%20suicides%20have%20long%20accounted%20for%20the%20majority%20of%20U.S.%20gun%20deaths https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/firearms/fastfact.html https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/ https://www.thetrace.org/2021/12/gun-violence-suicide-rate-data-shooting-deaths/
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