apnews.com/article/suicides-record-2022-guns-48511d74deb24d933e66cec1b6f2d545

America is more sinful than she has ever been.

America has the highest suicide rate she's ever had.

More sin means more suicide, because self destruction is the ultimate aim of sin. It really is that simple.

You can point me to all the awful things the government and culture are doing and how much they hate the average man. But there are countless instances in history of governments that hated their citizenry, oppressed the common man, etc., and guess what: the suicide rates were far lower. The "deaths of despair" are not fueled by victimhood so much as they are fueled by wickedness.

Also yes of course the AP blames guns, what else would they do?