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Review Confirms Guns at Home Raises Homicide, Suicide Risk
20 January 2014
NBC News (USA)
Having guns in the home triples the risk of suicide and doubles the risk of homicide, researchers reported on Monday.
Their review of 15 studies considered high quality confirms a clear association between gun ownership and violent death in the United States, where more than a third of the population owns firearms.
It's a touchy subject — gun rights activists say they suspect researchers want to restrict gun ownership. Congress has restricted federal funding of gun... (GunPolicy.org)