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Suicide
A new paper argues that current policies can leave family members and friends unclear about how to legally remove a firearm from an individual in crisis.
People die from self-inflicted gunshot wounds more often than firearm ownership levels suggest they should.
Guns are the reason why.
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
Easy access to deadly weapons makes a big difference.
More than two-thirds of all gun deaths are self-inflicted.
