Adolescent Suicide, Household Firearm Ownership, and the Effects of Child Access Prevention Laws

This study has 3 objectives: to examine the association between state-level firearm ownership and suicide among adolescents of high school age; to compare the strength of the firearm ownership-suicide association among adolescents relative to adults; and to evaluate the relationship between 11 child access prevention (CAP) laws and suicide.Using an ecological time series cross-sectional design, we modeled suicide rates from January 1, 1991, to...