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Peer reviewedLester, David – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1988
Explored relationship between the extent of gun ownership and the strictness of gun control laws to suicide and homicide rates in the nine major geographic regions of the United States. Found gun ownership, rather than the strictness of gun control laws, was the strongest correlate of the rates of suicide and homicide by guns. (Author)
Descriptors: Differences, Gun Control, Incidence, Prevention
