'We are mixing into this epidemic the most lethal means for suicide that has ever been invented,' Dr. Eric Fleegler, a professor of emergency medicine at Harvard Medical School and a pediatric emergency physician, told Newsweek.
, disproportionately skewed toward first-time buyers. And just as the coronavirus outbreak spread through the U.S., the firm Small Arms Analytics & Forecasting estimated that over 2.5 million guns were sold in March. Federal background checks—a general proxy for gun sales—surged to their highest levels in the system's 22-year history.
Research demonstrates a link between access to firearms and suicide risk. A 2014 meta-analysis published in thedetermined that there were"significantly increased odds of death associated with firearm access." Moreover, the findings of increased suicide risk were"not unique to persons with a history of mental illness." In all but one study reviewed by the 2014 analysis, the suicide risk was greater"among participants who had firearm access.
The idea that suicidal ideation has a rapid onset is known as impulsivity, and it is why researchers believe you are more likely to survive a suicidal episode when an extremely lethal method, such as a firearm, is not at your disposal.
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