Gun Policy News
Debate: Safe Guns Before Mental Treatment to Prevent Suicide
5 October 2016
International Business Times (USA)
A new study published in the American Journal of Medicine suggests the way to prevent suicide may be by placing the emphasis on guns. The study reports that differences in suicide rates across America lie not in different rates of mental illness or depression, but in levels of gun ownership.
Suicide is the leading cause of injury death in the United States and the rate has increased in recent years. Although only one percent of suicide attempts are with guns, half of... (GunPolicy.org)