当安全的枪支储存不足时:检查枪支自杀死者的风险概况
Claire Houtsma1,2,3, Amanda M Raines1,2,3
1Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Suicide & life-threatening behavior
|July 7, 2023
概括
使用长枪自杀与不安全储存的可能性更高有关,这表明仅仅是安全储存枪支可能无法防止所有枪支自杀事件. 对于长枪所有者来说,需要进一步的预防工作.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 枪支伤害预防 预防枪支伤害
背景情况:
- 枪支自杀在美国是一个重要的公共卫生问题.
- 获得枪支,特别是通过不安全的存储,与增加自杀风险有关.
- 关于自杀者中安全与不安全的枪支存储区别因素的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定区分枪支自杀死者的因素,他们安全地存储枪支,而不是不安全地.
- 分析与枪支自杀有关的储存实践 (装载/卸载,锁定/解锁).
主要方法:
- 利用了国家暴力死亡报告系统 (NVDRS) 的数据.
- 分析了死者与自杀前的枪支储存实践的可用数据.
- 包括装载/卸载 (n=4269) 和锁定/解锁 (n=6273) 储存的样本.
主要成果:
- 与手枪相比,使用长枪自杀的可能性是枪支未加载存储的5倍.
- 这表明,仅仅是存储没有装载的枪支可能不会减轻所有长枪所有者的自杀风险.
结论:
- 安全的枪支存储实践需要进一步研究,特别是长枪.
- 加强自杀预防策略对于长期持枪者社区来说是必要的.
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