Firearm-Related Deaths

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To the Editor: In 1977 the Journal published an article1 that credited a recently enacted gun-control law with a decline in the number of firearm-related homicides in Massachusetts. Not discussed was a concomitant increase in the number of firearm-related suicides. In 1983 another article2 blamed an increase in the suicide rate in younger Americans on the availability of firearms. Not discussed was a concomitant decrease in the suicide rate among older Americans. A recent Journal article (June 12 issue)3 notes the absence of data on cases in which intruders are wounded or frightened away unharmed by firearms, on cases in . . .

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