Nikhil Autar's video: Neil DeGrasse Tyson Missed One Thing Guns Kill More People Than Many Talk About Suicide

So Neil deGrasse Tyson came out on social media yesterday after the and on the weekend saying that "We shouldn't overreact" as "if you look at the data," "several worse things have happened in the last 48 hours". Well, for a scientist, he sure got his numbers wrong. Because not only are more people dying to gun murder than he let on in his viral tweet, another, less known, but VERY REAL side effect of US is that it's the largest cause of SUICIDE in the US too. The US has similar rates of to other developed nations, but MUCH higher rates of that is almost never mentioned. For every 2 people killed by a gun in America (which is a lot higher than other nations, already), there's more than 3 who take their own life with one. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/guns-and-suicide/ That epidemic is NEVER talked about, but so very real too. In this episode of I break this down and present the REAL numbers of gun deaths, and try and talk about WHY and HOW the manages to suppress gun regulation so effectively despite not representing a huge market and what can actually be done about it. Long story short? They not only lobby politicians and create mass public hysteria behind losing guns... they also suppress research into gun control by the . The sad truth is - I probably will never get heard. People will likely not take up too much action. So this will continue to go on, leaving around 40,000 unnecessarily dead every year, so 1200 businesses, owned by a few businessmen, can make a bit more profit. I also talk about my campaign - ( nikhilautar.com/lockemup ) targeting bloggers and brands that make illegal medical claims on in here, towards the end. Alternative medicines can be amazing, and encourage people to live healthier. But they also kill when you overblow their potential to cure serious disease. They nearly killed me, and they have taken a few friends of mine too. I was broadcast around Australia on national news recently for this. My startup which will help automate research into this space is trying to combat misinformation spreading too ( mycommunityproject.service.nsw.gov.au to vote for us - ). If you'd liket to sign that petition - you can do so here! https://www.change.org/p/rod-sims-why-don-t-we-prosecute-people-who-fraudulently-make-health-claims-for-profit-lockemup?recruiter=39549477&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition&fbclid=IwAR2OSYkH9RY4jTSv6Di2Dd0g0zL0gFXbht3EUKQML5mqcSWP6dVF9T6UyRM The revised tally... Guns actually kill at least 206 people/48 hours, and you could argue that with these pretty horrific mass shootings that occurred just now, and killed at least 31, could make that number 237. A lot more than the 40 Neil seems to have ascribed for gun violence.