TIL having a gun in your house no matter the way it is stored does not decrease your chance of homicide. Instead it increases the chances of homicide by 300% and suicide by 500%.

First, Suicide...yep if you have a gun and are suicidal you might just use it to kill yourself. If you dont have a gun you will probably have to slit your wrists or hang yourself or take a bunch of pills. This is really a stupid figure to even consider.

Controlling Access to Suicide Means Results: A number of factors may influence an individual’s decision regarding method in a suicide act, but there is substantial support that easy access influences the choice of method.

Installation of a Bridge Barrier as a Suicide Prevention Strategy in Montréal, Québec, Canada Results. Suicide rates by jumping from Jacques-Cartier Bridge decreased after installation of the barrier (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 0.24; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.13, 0.43), which persisted when all bridges (IRR = 0.39; 95% CI = 0.27, 0.55) and all jumping sites (IRR = 0.66; 95% CI = 0.54, 0.80) in the regions were considered.

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