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Reducing Access to Guns Lowers Suicide Rates Internationally
28 July 2016
EurekAlert (US)
NEW YORK -- Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) have found that legislation reducing access to firearms has lowered firearm suicide rates in other countries. This finding is based on evidence from around the world on the relationship between firearm ownership and firearm suicide rates.
The report was published recently in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
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