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onenote

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6. Your assumptions are not supported by the data
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 09:18 AM
18 hrs ago

As described below, more often than not, someone committing suicide with a firearm does not have the weapon in their hand when the body is found. In fact, where the firearm is a long gun, the weapon is found in the shooter's hand less than 20% of the time. In a significant majority of cases, the weapon is almost a foot away.

Instead of engaging in conspiracy theories, facts matter.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10208326/

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