12-10-2017, 04:15 AM
"or in a state like Alaska with 6 times more gun homicides per 100,000 population than Hawaii"
To put this into context, most of those were suicides. Alaska has the highest suicide rate in the country.
"Of the 1,000 firearm fatalities in Alaska during the six analyzed years, 750 were due to suicide and 152 were homicides, according to the report. The rest were due to accidents, police intervention or could not be determined from the data."
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/...ship-in-us
To put this into context, most of those were suicides. Alaska has the highest suicide rate in the country.
"Of the 1,000 firearm fatalities in Alaska during the six analyzed years, 750 were due to suicide and 152 were homicides, according to the report. The rest were due to accidents, police intervention or could not be determined from the data."
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/...ship-in-us