Thread: Cost of firearms deaths

On arvo shift so watching about the only thing that classes for news on the Breakfast show. Yeah I know anyway....
One of the news items was someone who they interviewed from otago uni regarding costs of firearms deaths and hospitalization over the last 20 years.
Hospital care was about 1 million a year which they all tut tutted about.
All expressed.concern about how firearms shouldn't be easier to get.
Didn't expand on how to manage the suicides though which is a pity as from.memory these were always the most firearms deaths a year. Way more than actual hunting accidents.
Also had a dollar figure for lost life which they found from the ltnz over road deaths.
There was a statistic which I typically think I've got mixed up. They only mentioned it once, concerning the deaths and suicides.
They mentioned maori and Pacifica for one batch and middle aged European men.think the suicides were the Europeans?
Anyone see it?