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Each year, over 20,000 Americans die of a suicide by firearm.1 Firearm suicides account for two-thirds of all gun-related deaths. Half of all suicides in the USA involve firearms, making it the most common suicide method.
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Gabor, T. (2016). Suicide: Impact of Lethal Methods. In: Confronting Gun Violence in America. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33723-4_6
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