Bogus Study Claims Guns Used In Suicide More Than Self-Defense


... According to the American Foundation For Suicide Preventing, there are, on average 129 suicides per day. That’s 47,085 suicides per year. Not gun suicides, in particular, just suicides in total. The AFSP notes that more than half of that number used a firearm, so over 23,500.

Meanwhile, the CDC apparently admits that there’s at least 1 million defensive gun uses annually.

Now, for a little first-grade math:

1 million > 23,500 ...