Today, the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence is proud to release a new report: Confronting the Inevitability Myth: How Data-Driven Gun Policies Save Lives from Suicide. This report provides an in-depth examination of gun suicide in America and outlines the policies and programs that are effective at preventing these tragedies. Too many Americans, including lawmakers, buy into the pervasive, false narrative that suicide is inevitable and that there’s nothing we can do to stop it. Our new report gathers research from across the field to show once and for all that prevention is possible, and well within our reach.
Suicide is a widespread public health crisis in our nation and gun access plays a major role. Gun deaths make up half of all suicides in the United States, and three-fifths of gun deaths are suicides. More than 300,000 Americans have intentionally taken their own lives with a gun since 2000, and more die by suicide than car crashes or murders.
These deaths aren’t spread equally acros...
