Suicide in the Home in Relation to Gun Ownership

Gary Kleck; Paul H. Blackman; Eric S.h. Ching; Harvey S. Frey; Victoria Lewin-Fetter; B. H. Kean; Jon S. Vernick; Arthur L. Kellermann; Grant Somes; Frederick P. Rivara; George Winokur; Donald W. Black

doi:10.1056/NEJM199212243272610

Suicide in the Home in Relation to Gun Ownership

Gary Kleck, Paul H. Blackman, Eric S.h. Ching, Harvey S. Frey, Victoria Lewin-Fetter, B. H. Kean, Jon S. Vernick, Arthur L. Kellermann, Grant Somes, Frederick P. Rivara, George Winokur, Donald W. Black

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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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…

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1878-1881
Number of pages	4
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	327
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199212243272610
State	Published - Dec 24 1992

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Kleck, G., Blackman, P. H., Ching, E. S. H., Frey, H. S., Lewin-Fetter, V., Kean, B. H., Vernick, J. S., Kellermann, A. L., Somes, G., Rivara, F. P., Winokur, G., & Black, D. W. (1992). Suicide in the Home in Relation to Gun Ownership. New England Journal of Medicine, 327(26), 1878-1881. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199212243272610

Suicide in the Home in Relation to Gun Ownership. / Kleck, Gary; Blackman, Paul H.; Ching, Eric S.h.; Frey, Harvey S.; Lewin-Fetter, Victoria; Kean, B. H.; Vernick, Jon S.; Kellermann, Arthur L.; Somes, Grant; Rivara, Frederick P.; Winokur, George; Black, Donald W.

In: New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 327, No. 26, 24.12.1992, p. 1878-1881.

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