Reply #7: It is total gun related deaths, suicide, accident, and homicide. Which begs the question why they

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called it 'violence'.

Is it 'violence' when someone in Washington State exercises their right to end their life under I-1000?
Kind of a stretch of the term. I suppose it's violently messy, but people do have the right to end their own lives if they choose, and if you have a look at Japan's higher rate of suicide per capita, and almost non-existent firearms ownership, I daresay Americans are resourceful enough to figure out how to commit suicide with or without firearms as well.