Medoff, Marshall H.; Magaddino, Joseph P. - In: Evaluation Review 7 (1983) 3, pp. 357-372
This article empirically examines the relationship between suicides and firearm control laws. Firearm license to purchase or waiting period to purchase laws were found to reduce a state's suicide rate of white males aged 20-64 by three suicides per 100, 000 population. Examination of the suicide...