TY - JOUR
T1 - Suicide in the Home in Relation to Gun Ownership
AU - Kleck, Gary
AU - Blackman, Paul H.
AU - Ching, Eric S.h.
AU - Frey, Harvey S.
AU - Lewin-Fetter, Victoria
AU - Kean, B. H.
AU - Vernick, Jon S.
AU - Kellermann, Arthur L.
AU - Somes, Grant
AU - Rivara, Frederick P.
AU - Winokur, George
AU - Black, Donald W.
PY - 1992/12/24
Y1 - 1992/12/24
N2 - To the Editor: As the author of a book on guns and violence,1 I was interested in the article by Kellermann et al. (Aug. 13 issue).2 The authors concluded that their case–control study offered “strong” evidence that the presence of guns increased the risk of suicide in the home, by a factor of 4.8. They failed to explain, however, how this effect could occur or how it could be this enormous. There is no evidence that guns precipitate suicidal thoughts, and suicide attempts with guns are only marginally more frequently fatal than attempts with likely substitute methods: the fatality rate…
AB - To the Editor: As the author of a book on guns and violence,1 I was interested in the article by Kellermann et al. (Aug. 13 issue).2 The authors concluded that their case–control study offered “strong” evidence that the presence of guns increased the risk of suicide in the home, by a factor of 4.8. They failed to explain, however, how this effect could occur or how it could be this enormous. There is no evidence that guns precipitate suicidal thoughts, and suicide attempts with guns are only marginally more frequently fatal than attempts with likely substitute methods: the fatality rate…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199212243272610
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199212243272610
M3 - Letter
C2 - 1308120
AN - SCOPUS:0027082426
VL - 327
SP - 1878
EP - 1881
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
SN - 0028-4793
IS - 26
ER -