http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/vprp/publications/firearmsuicide.pdf http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/vprp/publications/firearmsuicid... People in their first week of

http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/vprp/publications/firearmsuicide.pdf http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/vprp/publications/firearmsuicid... People in their first week of gun ownership kill themselves 57 times more frequently than the general public. That suggests to me that people who are determined to die are buying guns for the express purpose of suicide, and would probably select some other method if it was too difficult to obtain a gun.