Ordinary hunting rifles and shotguns are by far the most common used firearm for suicides in https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇦" title="Flagge von Kanada" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Kanada">. Suicide really has no place in AW and handgun ban discussions. Most who own these also own ordinary rifles and shotguns.
The research into guns and suicides in https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇦" title="Flagge von Kanada" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Kanada"> identified a “switching phenomenon” after new gun legislation took effect. Hangings went up as gun suicides went down. https://twitter.com/dicky_paul_95/status/1344087537556598784">https://twitter.com/dicky_pau...
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There are some foreign studies that attempt to disprove the “switching phenomenon”, but I think it’s clear from https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇦" title="Flagge von Kanada" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Kanada"> specific research it’s real, at least here.

Here is an Austrian study that references the Canadian found phenomenon. https://twitter.com/dicky_paul_95/status/1341794499102724099">https://twitter.com/dicky_pau...
So remember this thread whenever suicides are brought up in the context of handgun or “assault-style” weapon bans in https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇦" title="Flagge von Kanada" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Kanada">. They’re misleading you.

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