[Doctor Stochastic]

There is no correlation between gun ownership rates and suicide rates whatsoever.

You seem to have missed the point too. The question isn't whether there is a correlation between suicide rates and gun ownership rates (I've seen no evidence either way.) The question is whether higher gun ownership correlates with higher gun suicide rates. This is plausible but the article gives no statistics.

[45Auto]

He gives no statistics, because there are no statistics that make the point - either way. And its no good to try to make cross-cultural or cross-national comparisions. My bet is that one can find high suicide rates in countries with more relaxed gun laws and the same per capita rates in countries in which guns are completely banned. The highest suicide rate among gun owners is that of - you guessed it- law enforcement personnel. But there is no way you can make a direct one-to-one statistical comparison between gun owning and suicide rate.