Assisted suicide deaths in Canada reach a new high-water mark

(SRN NEWS)- Much is made of how many people are killed by guns in the United States.  But a new analysis of 2024 data finds that while 15,364 individuals lost their lives to firearm homicide in this country, 16,499 died via physician-assisted suicide in Canada.  Since the country legalized assisted suicide in 2016 the number of people submitting to the procedure has grown steadily and Canadian lawmakers continue to expand the groups of people who are eligible.