States with the highest suicide rates are also the top gun-owning states

 
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NYTimes.com reports that despite the attention on mass shootings and assault weapons, far more Americans die by turning firearms on themselves.

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Nearly 20,000 of the 30,000 deaths from guns in the United States in 2010 were suicides, according to the most recent figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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