Research Note Gun Control, Gun Ownership, and Suicide Prevention

by | Aug 27, 2023

The relationship of the extent of gun ownership and the strictness of gun control laws to suicide and homicide rates in the nine major geographic regions of the United States was explored. Gun ownership, rather than the strictness of gun control laws, was found to be...

The Police as Victims: The Role of Guns in the Murder of Police

by | Sep 1, 2022

The results from this study indicate that police officers are murdered at a higher rate in cities where a greater proportion of suicides, homicides, robberies, and aggravated assaults involve guns, suggesting that the increased availability and use of guns by...

The impact of gun control on suicide: Studies from Canada

by | Feb 3, 2020

An increasing popular proposal for reducing the incidence of suicide has been restricting the availability of methods for committing suicide. Countries differ in the most popular method for suicide, but firearms are the preferred method in some, including Canada and...