Very true, and it also takes a braver person to commit suicide with a knife vs with a gun. Handguns especially make it easy to do certain things that should be difficult to do.It is hard to commit mass murder with a knife though.
It does. The fact that more women than men survive suicide attempts is down to the fact that more men use guns in their suicide attempts (whereas women more often use drugs/poison, which are easier to survive).
Why what? Why do more men buy guns than women? Why do people commit suicide? What are you talking about? You didn't think the method of choice was relevant to the outcome, but it is. I'm not calling anyone a coward, very far from it. That's your interpretation, not mine. Please don't put words in my mouth. ETA: I see - you though I was responding to the "braver person" part but I was responding to the easy/difficult part.
I do - less access to guns --> fewer suicides, I suspect.