To Reduce Suicides, Keep the Guns Away

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1. States With More Gun Owners Have More Gun-Related Suicides: Study

THURSDAY, May 19, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- In states where there are more gun owners, there are also more gun-related suicides, a new U.S. study finds.

Looking at 33 years' worth of data, the researchers found that states with more gun owners generally had more suicides by firearm among both men and women. Men in those states also had higher overall suicide rates.

The findings do not prove that guns lead to more suicides, said lead researcher Dr. Michael Siegel, a professor at the Boston University School of Public Health.

However, his team considered many other factors that could affect a state's suicide patterns -- including unemployment levels, divorce rates, crime and residents' typical alcohol intake.

And still, suicide rates rose in tandem with gun ownership, Siegel noted. For every 10-percentage-point increase in a state's gun ownership level, the rate of gun-related suicides among men rose by 3 per 100,000 people.

https://consumer.healthday.com/general-health-information-16/suicide-health-news-646/states-with-more-gun-owners-have-more-suicides-study-711170.html

More unregulated guns = more gun deaths.