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Suicide
People die from self-inflicted gunshot wounds more often than firearm ownership levels suggest they should.
Like most people who try to commit suicide, my attempt was impulsive. Because I used a gun, I should have died.
Journalism that informed The Trace's thinking about how firearms make a leading public health crisis worse.
Data
Some skeptics attribute suicide trends to variables other than the availability of firearms. Fresh research from the Harvard School of Public Health and Northeastern University may put the debate to rest.
Americans account for 82 percent of all gun deaths among 23 high-income countries.
