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September is National Suicide Prevention Month. This month, we’re highlighting the ways in which access to a gun during a period of personal crisis is often the difference between life and death — and what we can do to reduce deaths by gun suicide.
If you or someone you know is in crisis, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (@youmatterlifeline), a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the US, anytime, about any type of crisis.
More than 21,000 Americans die by gun suicide each year, but more can be done to prevent these deaths. Learn more at everytown.org/suicide-prevention.
If you or someone you know is in crisis, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (@youmatterlifeline), a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the US, anytime, about any type of crisis.
Extreme risk protection orders—also called gun violence restraining orders—enable courts to temporarily prohibit a person from having guns if law enforcement or immediate family members show that someone poses a significant danger to themselves or others.
ERPO laws have been shown to reduce suicide rates by providing an opportunity to intervene and prevent a person from accessing firearms during a time of crisis, before dangerous warning signs escalate into firearm suicide.
Firearm suicide is a public health crisis that claims the lives of nearly 22,000 Americans a year. Over the past decade, the U.S. firearm suicide rate has increased by 19 percent.
We must address firearm suicide in any strategy to reduce suicide and gun violence in this country. That’s why today, on World Suicide Prevention Day, we’re releasing our report on the state of gun suicide in America & what we can do about it. Click here to to learn more.
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day
Here’s one way states can reduce suicide: close the background check loophole.
In states that go beyond federal law and require background checks on all handgun sales—including unlicensed sellers—there are 48% fewer gun suicides than in states that do not.
If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call (800) 273-8255 to be connected to a skilled, trained counselor at a crisis center in your area.
“There is an obvious disconnect between generally agreed upon recommendations for firearm safety practices and what we’re actually doing in the community.”
“Kids struggling with mental health issues were just as likely to report easy access to guns as kids without the same risk factors for suicide. That even held true among teens who had made a previous attempt to kill themselves.”