Jun 11, 2020

1st Time Gun Purchasing & Suicides

Alabama News Network is reporting a huge spike in gun purchases  in Montgomery County:

In the first week of June 2019, 441 pistol permits were sold.
In the first week of June 2020, 1,509 pistol permits were sold.

Meanwhile The N.Y. Times is reporting a new study cements the connection between 1st time gun purchases and suicide:

The study, posted by The New England Journal of Medicine, does not greatly alter the prevailing understanding of suicide risk linked to gun ownership. Previous research had suggested a similarly increased risk, due largely to the ease of having such a lethal option at hand.

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