Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumAccess To Guns Triples Suicide Risk; Should US Firearm Regulations Be Tighter?
A person with a gun is nearly twice as likely to get murdered than others, but also three times as likely to take his or her own life.
Investigators from the University of California at San Francisco reviewed 15 studies on the subject of gun violence in America, excluding survey data to focus on more specific information from academic inquiries. Thirteen of the studies were conducted in the United States, with seven occurring after a 1996 federal law a Clinton/Dole compromise that banned the U.S. Health Department from funding research that might promote gun control.
Essentially, the team found a higher prevalence of gun ownership in the U.S. than anywhere in the world, with an estimated 31,000 annual deaths from firearms. Among those with access to a gun, including gun owners and others in a household, men were four times as likely to commit suicide than others, while women were nearly three times as likely to be a gunshot victim.
"Our analysis shows that having access to firearms is a significant risk factor for men committing suicide and for women being victims of homicide," Andrew Anglemyer, an expert in study design and data analytics in clinical pharmacy, said in a university press release ahead of the study's publication on Monday. "Since empirical data suggest that most victims of homicide know their assailants, the higher risk for women strongly indicates domestic violence."
http://www.medicaldaily.com/access-guns-triples-suicide-risk-should-us-firearm-regulations-be-tighter-267428
Investigators from the University of California at San Francisco reviewed 15 studies on the subject of gun violence in America, excluding survey data to focus on more specific information from academic inquiries. Thirteen of the studies were conducted in the United States, with seven occurring after a 1996 federal law a Clinton/Dole compromise that banned the U.S. Health Department from funding research that might promote gun control.
Essentially, the team found a higher prevalence of gun ownership in the U.S. than anywhere in the world, with an estimated 31,000 annual deaths from firearms. Among those with access to a gun, including gun owners and others in a household, men were four times as likely to commit suicide than others, while women were nearly three times as likely to be a gunshot victim.
"Our analysis shows that having access to firearms is a significant risk factor for men committing suicide and for women being victims of homicide," Andrew Anglemyer, an expert in study design and data analytics in clinical pharmacy, said in a university press release ahead of the study's publication on Monday. "Since empirical data suggest that most victims of homicide know their assailants, the higher risk for women strongly indicates domestic violence."
http://www.medicaldaily.com/access-guns-triples-suicide-risk-should-us-firearm-regulations-be-tighter-267428
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
6 replies, 944 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (4)
ReplyReply to this post
6 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Access To Guns Triples Suicide Risk; Should US Firearm Regulations Be Tighter? (Original Post)
SecularMotion
Feb 2014
OP
hack89
(39,171 posts)1. "Should access to good mental healthcare be cheap and universal?" - there, fixed it for you.
suicide is a mental health problem - lets address the root causes.
bobclark86
(1,415 posts)2. You didn't blame the guns (what the OP wanted)
If you ignore SecularMotion long enough, he'll go away...
But here's something for you to think about: England used to have a major problem with people sticking their heads in coal gas stoves to commit suicide -- as in half of their 5,000 a year suicides were through this method. They got rid of the coal gas stoves... and the suicide rate dropped by a third.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/struck-living/201012/can-obstacle-prevent-suicide
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)4. That would be the "successful suicide rate dropped by 1/3", right?
What happened to the rate of attempted suicides?
bobclark86
(1,415 posts)5. The whole point is fewer corpses...
BTW, as someone whose family has been devastated by suicides (guns and otherwise), don't use the term "successful."
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)6. I was thinking fewer attempts would be the better goal.
Thanks for the note about "successful". What is the preferred term?
ileus
(15,396 posts)3. No...