USA: Gun sales surged 80 percent in January, data shows - by Hannah Denham and Andrew Ba Tran

More than 2 million firearms were bought last month, according to The Washington Post’s analysis of federal gun background-check data. That is an 80 percent year-over-year spike and the second-highest one-month total on record.

Background checks, and sales of firearms and ammunition, have been increasing pace for months. The surge is in line with the record pace set in 2020: Nearly 23 million firearms were bought, representing a 64 percent jump year over year.

Read more at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/03/gun-sales-january-background-checks/

Gun Control: Murders with firearms statistics - countries compared

The top 6 countries in the world in relation to murders with firearms are:

South Africa
Colombia
Thailand
USA
the Philippines
Mexico

For more statistics: Murders with firearms statistics - countries compared - NationMaster Crime

Medical News Today: Guns In Homes Strongly Associated With Higher Rates Of Suicide

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Guns In Homes Strongly Associated With Higher Rates Of Suicide

The association between firearm ownership and suicide was due to higher gun-related suicides; non-gun-related suicide rates were not significantly associated with rates of firearm ownership. Also, suicide attempts using firearms, which constitute just 5% of all fatal and non-fatal attempts, are highly lethal--more than 90% of all suicidal acts by firearm are fatal. By comparison, individuals who use drugs to attempt suicide, which constitute 75% of all attempts, die in the attempt less than 3% of the time.

Suicide ranks as one of the 15 leading causes of death in the U.S.; among persons less than 45 years old, it is one of the top three causes of death. In 2004, more than half of the 32,439 Americans who committed suicide used a firearm.