Objective This study has 3 objectives: to examine the association between state-level
firearm ownership and suicide among adolescents of high school age; to compare the …

Importance Suicide is the second leading cause of death among US adolescents, and in-
home firearm access is an independent risk factor for suicide. Given recommendations to …

Purpose: To determine whether, compared with age-and sex-matched controls who did not
commit suicide, adolescents who committed suicide by firearms were more likely to have …

Background Strong and consistent associations between access to firearms and suicide
have been found in ecologic and individual-level observational studies. For adolescents, a …

ContextFirearms are used in approximately half of all youth suicides. Many state and federal
laws include age-specific restrictions on the purchase, possession, or storage of firearms; …

Importance Firearm injury is the second leading cause of death in the United States for
children and young adults. The risk of unintentional and self-inflicted firearm injury is lower …

ContextHousehold firearms are associated with an elevated risk of firearm death to
occupants in the home. Many organizations and health authorities advocate locking firearms …

Purpose Although household firearm ownership has been consistently associated with
increased suicide rates in the US, scant data speak to the type of gun used in US suicides …

The aim of the present study is to quantify the association between child access prevention
(CAP) and minimum age laws and state-level youth firearm-related suicide and …

Case-control studies show an association between firearms in the home and completed
suicide, with higher risks associated with loaded guns and handguns in the home. Quasi …