Rising gun sales could result in more deaths, injuries and suicides, health experts fear
Advertisement: “The 2020 firearm purchase surge does not guarantee a subsequent epidemic of suicide deaths, but it most definitely increases risk,” wrote authors Craig Bryan, a psychologist who directs trauma and suicide prevention programs at Ohio State University, and Michael Anestis, executive director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center. Gun violence is one of the most pressing health crises in the country. In 2019, nearly 40,000 people died by firearms –...
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