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Handgun ownership, but not shotgun ownership, is associated with greater odds of a person having died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound rather than another suicide method, a new study shows.
Researchers surveyed surviving loved ones of 121 handgun and shotgun owners who died by suicide 93 of whom died with a firearm and 28 who died through other means and asked about the numbers and types of firearms the individuals had and the circumstances of their deaths.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s number is 800-273-8255.
The findings, published in the
Archives of Suicide Research, showed that 77% of those who died using a firearm, and 61% of those who died using another method, owned a handgun. They also found that 88.8% of people who only owned handguns used a firearm in their suicide death as compared to 81.8% of those who only owned shotguns.
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Handgun ownership, not shotgun ownership, is associated with greater odds of a person having died from self-inflicted gunshot wound rather than another suicide method, according to Rutgers researcher
Among firearm-owning individuals who died by suicide, handgun ownership was associated with greater odds of having died by self-inflicted gunshot wound rather than by another method, according to a Rutgers researcher.
The study, published in the Archives of Suicide Research, surveyed surviving loved ones of 121 handgun and shotgun owners who died by suicide – 93 of whom died with a firearm and 28 who died through other means – and asked about the numbers and types of firearms the individuals had and the circumstances of their deaths.
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IMAGE: Michael Anestis, executive director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center based at Rutgers and an associate professor of Urban-Global Public Health in the Rutgers School of Public Health. view more
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Military members who receive gun locks and lethal means counseling, which focuses on ways to limit a person s access to specific methods for suicide, are more likely to use a gun safe and unload firearms before they are stored, according to a Rutgers researcher.
The study was published in the
American Journal of Public Health.
More than 60 percent of military suicides involve firearms. Suicide mortality is higher in homes with a firearm and the majority of military personnel do not store their firearms safely or report suicidal thoughts, says Michael Anestis, executive director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center based at Rutgers and an associate professor of Urban-G