All tools are equal? What about suicide?
- 85% of suicide attempts using guns are successful.
- Suicide attempts using non-gun methods? Not so much. In fact, drug overdose, the most widely used suicide method, is fatal in less than 3 percent of cases.
hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magaz…
- 85% of suicide attempts using guns are successful.
- Suicide attempts using non-gun methods? Not so much. In fact, drug overdose, the most widely used suicide method, is fatal in less than 3 percent of cases.
hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magaz…
- Most suicides happen without warning. 54% of the people who kill themselves *don't* have mental health issues, but instead are going through a *temporary* low-point — relationship problems, money problems, physical health problems.
- Guns are the most common method of suicides; used in about half of suicide deaths.
- Having access to a gun greatly increases the chance someone will suddenly, unexpectedly, and successfully kill themselves.
npr.org/sections/healt…
- Having access to a gun greatly increases the chance someone will suddenly, unexpectedly, and successfully kill themselves.
npr.org/sections/healt…
- The decision for most people to take their lives happens in less than five minutes from thought to completion. That’s one reason (of many) why guns are so dangerous to have in the home.
- Suicide is unpredictable. PLEASE do not keep guns in your home.
- Suicide is unpredictable. PLEASE do not keep guns in your home.
