Firearm suicide
Subject in Mental Health
Firearm suicide has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Next Question with Katie Couric. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Malcolm GladwellAuthor of Outliers, whose theory about Chinese numerals Jiang disputes
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
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
Podcasts
- Next Question with Katie Couric · 1 episode
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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