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  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Criminology

Background:

  • Suicide-prevention strategies often include removing or securing firearms.
  • Evidence supports firearm removal, but data on locking firearms for adults are inconsistent.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relationship between firearm storage practices and suicide methods.
  • To analyze these associations by sex and age group.

Main Methods:

  • A case-control study using the 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey.
  • Included decedents aged 15+ who died by suicide in homes with firearms.
  • Analyzed unlocked/loaded firearms as exposures and suicide method as the outcome.

Main Results:

  • Among adults, firearm locking/unloading was not associated with suicide method.
  • Adolescents dying by firearm suicide were more likely to have lived in homes with unlocked firearms.
  • No association was found between locked firearms and unloaded status for adolescents.

Conclusions:

  • Firearm storage practices (locking/unloading) are not associated with adult suicide methods.
  • Unsecured firearms in adolescent households were linked to firearm suicide.
  • Suicide prevention for adults should prioritize firearm access over storage.