Is Preventing Suicide A Better Gun Control Argument?

Since Newtown, debates over gun violence have focused largely on how to keep guns out of the hands of people who kill other people. The truth is that - by a margin of nearly 2 to 1 - suicide is the leading cause of death by gun violence.

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It’s a toll not often discussed, but one that some law enforcement and public health officials say is worsened by easy access to guns.  Leon Neyfakh wrote about the topic in the Ideas section of The Boston Globe.