What Malcolm Gladwell has said about Firearm suicide
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 7, 2026
Malcolm Gladwell, Author of Outliers, whose theory about Chinese numerals Jiang disputes, has been quoted on Firearm suicide 2 times in 1 episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, most recently on October 7, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Gladwell argues that gun suicides outnumber gun homicides and that the gun debate should be reframed around suicide.
“More people use guns to commit suicide than they do to kill another person in this country, way more”
Next Question with Katie Couric: Malcolm Gladwell on America’s Gun Crisis (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 52:53
Gladwell recommends that gun-safety advocates stop framing their arguments around homicide because that approach has failed.
“I just would stop talking about homicide whatsoever. It hasn't worked”
Next Question with Katie Couric: Malcolm Gladwell on America’s Gun Crisis (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 53:50
Episodes
Malcolm Gladwell on America’s Gun CrisisNext Question with Katie Couric · Oct 7, 2026 · 1 h 4 min
Katie Couric talks with Malcolm Gladwell about his book The American Way of Killing, covering under-policing, prisons, the Second Amendment, assault weapons bans and gun suicide.
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