I did a little bit of crude research if you can call it that. The narrative we're often fed is that the US has 90 guns for every 100 people. We also have the highest gun related suicide. Therefore guns increase the likelihood of suicide. Not true. The following is a list of 29 countries that have a far higher suicide rate per capita than the USA and their most common method of suicide.
Greenland- hanging
Lithuania- hanging
S. Korea- pesticides
Guyana- hanging
Kazakhstan- hanging
Slovenia- hanging
Japan- hanging/ jumping
Slovakia- hanging/ car fumes
Hungary- hanging
Latvia- hanging/ jumping
Belarus- hanging/ jumping
Ukraine- hanging
Croatia- hanging
Russia- hanging/ poison
Moldova- hanging
Poland- hanging
Sri Lanka- hanging/poison
Belgium- hanging
Uraguay- firearms/ hanging
Bhutan- hanging
Finland- hanging
S. Africa- hanging
Austria- hanging
Taiwan- poison
Estonia- hanging
France- hanging
Suriname- pesticides
Bosnia- hanging
Czech Republic- hahanging
Interestingly, when certain Asian countries tried regulating pesticides, the method of suicide changed but the rate did not drop. As I was skimming for this information I also noticed that in the countries where hanging was the prefered method, I saw no discussion about evil ropes or belts. Instead they were discussing serious issues such as depression, parenting, economic disaster, job opportunity, academic pressure, etc. You know...the underlying causes.