Although guns are not used in all suicides, the NEJM found that the presence of a gun in the home increased the rate of suicides by a factor of 4.8 …………………………………….
Of course, studying the causes of suicide and how to prevent them, would show a venn diagram that proves gun ownership does not make a home safer. So the NRA lobbied for the Dickey Amendment that prohibits government funds used for these studies.
Although guns are not used in all suicides, the NEJM found that the presence of a gun in the home increased the rate of suicides by a factor of 4.8 …………………………………….
http://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2013/02/gun-violence.aspx
Of course, studying the causes of suicide and how to prevent them, would show a venn diagram that proves gun ownership does not make a home safer. So the NRA lobbied for the Dickey Amendment that prohibits government funds used for these studies.