Executive Summary

There needs to be an increase in attention to suicide and mental health in the realm of gun control. As suicide is a complex issue it is harder to talk about then other issues relating to gun control, those being school shooting and gun homicides. Even though it is not talked about as much it is still very important. sigifcnallty more people die each year from gun suicide than by gun homicide.  As this is the case the United States needs to adopt more and different legislative to help decrease the amount of suicide. The U.S should adopt some of the legislative from Canada such as their PAL system. In this system it requires a background check every 5 years and each time a person purchases a gun. This means that there would be a significant increase in background checks in the United States if such a plan would be adopted. This would weed out and decrease those who own or have access to a gun that could harm themselves or others. There needs to be legislative that targets mental health in the aspect of gun control. This will allow for a decrease in suicide as “ “Population attributable risk proportions for suicide associated with mental disorders are in the range of 47%–74%.” Suicide is a very impulsive decision meaning if you stop or prevent someone once it gives a much greater chance and opportunity for that person to get the help that they need. Mental health is a very serious issue affecting most people either directly or indirectly that can not be fixed or helped when mixed with a deadly firearm.  

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