Guns Increase Risk Of Suicide, Says Meta-Analysis
Monday, January 20, 2014 - 20:50
in Psychology & Sociology
Someone who wants to commit suicide, or a homicide, is not prevented by a lack of guns, but access makes it easier. A meta-analysis, a statistical look at various studies that shows patterns, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, pooled results from 15 investigations, slightly more than half of which were done after a 1996 federal law prohibited the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from funding research that promotes gun control. read more