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1st-time gun owners at risk for suicide, major study confirms

from The New York Times

1st-time gun owners at risk for suicide, major study confirms The New York Times The decision to buy a handgun for the first time is typically motivated by self-protection. But it also raises the purchasers’ risk of deliberately shooting themselves by ninefold on average, with the danger most acute in the weeks after purchase, scientists reported recently. The risk remains elevated for years, they said. READ MORE

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