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How easy access to guns at home contributes to America's youth suicide problem

  • Written by Matthew Miller, Professor of Health Sciences and Epidemiology, Northeastern University
How easy access to guns at home contributes to America's youth suicide problemEasy access to firearms increases the risk of teen suicide.CowlickCreative/Getty Images

School shootings in the U.S. are national tragedies, and the toll they take in lives cut shortand traumatized distinguishes the U.S. from other high-income countries. But there is another way that guns are killing American children, and in far greater numbers:...

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