Effects of changes in permit-to-purchase handgun laws in Connecticut and Missouri on suicide rates

Crifasi, Cassandra K.; Meyers, John Speed; Vernick, Jon S.; Webster, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.07.013

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“…It may also help to assure patients and recipients of temporary transfers of the legality of such a transfer. Generally, state laws requiring UBCs or permits to purchase might limit high-risk persons from acquiring firearms and thereby reduce population suicide rates (Crifasi, Meyers, Vernick, & Webster, 2015). Yet, for UBC or permit to purchase laws, states might consider including provisions to simplify temporary transfers made explicitly for prevention of suicide (Gilchrist, Stange, Flocke, McCord, & Bourguet, 2004).…”

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“Hey, let me hold your guns for a while”: A qualitative study of messaging for firearm suicide prevention

Pallin

Siry-Bove

Azrael

et al. 2019

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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A recommended component of suicide prevention is encouraging at‐risk individuals to voluntarily and temporarily reduce access to firearms and other lethal methods. Yet delivering counseling on the topic can be difficult, given the political sensitivity of firearm discussions. To support such counseling, we sought to identify recommended framing and content of messages about reducing firearm access for suicide prevention. Through qualitative interviews with firearm owners and enthusiasts, we identified key points for use in framing (identity as a gun owner, trust, voluntary and temporary storage, and context and motivation) and specific content (preference for “firearm” over “gun,” and legal issues such as background checks for transfers). These findings build on prior work and should enhance efforts to develop and deliver effective, acceptable counseling and—ultimately—prevent firearm suicide.

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“Hey, let me hold your guns for a while”: A qualitative study of messaging for firearm suicide prevention

Pallin

Siry-Bove

Azrael

et al. 2019

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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“…Research in healthcare has also addressed the psychological consequences of mass shootings: such as the potential subsequent spikes in the suicide rate based on the easy availability of firearms [25], as well as the impact on psychiatric disorders like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and drug addiction [26]. In this vein, received research has widely observed that the most common method of suicide in both Australia and the United States comes from firearms [27, 28], both of which can be lowered by reducing access to firearms. Further, state-level ownership of firearms, and the resulting consequences, appears to be particularly inimical for women; Siegel and Rothman [29], for example, show how increases in firearm ownership is linked with increases in the rate of femicide.…”

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Traders, guns, and money: The effects of mass shootings on stock prices of firearm manufacturers in the U.S.

Gopal¹,

Greenwood²

2017

PLoS ONE

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We investigate how mass shootings influence the stock price of firearms manufacturers. While it is well known that mass shootings lead to increased firearms sales, the response from financial markets is unclear. On one hand, given the observed short-term increase in demand, firearm stock prices may rise due to the unexpected financial windfall for the firm. On the other, mass shootings may result in calls for regulation of the industry, leading to divestment of firearms stocks in spite of short-term demand. We examine this tension using a market movement event study in the wake of 93 mass shootings in the U.S. between 2009 and 2013. Findings show that stock prices of firearm manufacturers decline after shootings; each event reducing prices between 22.4 and 49.5 basis points, per day. These losses are exacerbated by the presence of a handgun and the number of victims killed, but not affected by the presence of children or location of the event. Finally, we find that these effects are most prevalent in the period 2009–2010 but disappear in later events, indicating that markets appear to have accepted mass shootings as the “new normal.”

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“…Finally, any policies that generally reduce access to firearms by individuals who may be at risk for suicide are critical to prevent suicide. Such policies may include, but are not limited to, universal background checks including permit-to-purchase laws, 24 mandatory waiting periods 25 and policies to support or incentivise interventions at other levels of the model (such as a policy that provides funding to train healthcare providers on lethal means safety counselling). Enacting evidence-based firearms violence prevention policies is a societal-level intervention that will enable and support actions at subsequent levels of the SEM while contributing to a shift in cultural norms towards (1) acknowledgement of the role of firearms in suicide; (2) acceptance of reducing firearms access as a viable suicide prevention strategy; and (3) a decrease in the ubiquitous nature of firearms in American society.…”

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Limiting access to lethal means: applying the social ecological model for firearm suicide prevention

Allchin¹,

Chaplin²,

Horwitz³

2018

Inj Prev

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This paper outlines a novel application of the social ecological model (SEM) for firearm suicide prevention. It focuses on four levels of intervention (societal, relationship, community and individual) to reduce access to firearms, a practical contributor to the capacity to attempt suicide, from individuals when they are at an elevated risk for suicide. There is substantive research linking easy access to firearms with an increased risk of firearm suicide, and suicide prevention interventions that address access to lethal means are critical components of a comprehensive suicide prevention strategy. Potential interventions using the SEM framework include: at the policy level-extreme risk laws, voluntary self-prohibition policies and policies that reduce the availability of firearms; at the community level-gun shop projects; at the relationship level-lethal means safety counselling; and at the individual level-safer storage. Taken together with upstream interventions, such as increased access to mental health services and substance use treatment, a multilevel approach for suicide prevention that addresses access to firearms can save lives.

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Effects of changes in permit-to-purchase handgun laws in Connecticut and Missouri on suicide rates

Cited by 100 publications

References 11 publications

“Hey, let me hold your guns for a while”: A qualitative study of messaging for firearm suicide prevention

“Hey, let me hold your guns for a while”: A qualitative study of messaging for firearm suicide prevention

Traders, guns, and money: The effects of mass shootings on stock prices of firearm manufacturers in the U.S.

Limiting access to lethal means: applying the social ecological model for firearm suicide prevention

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