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Studies by Arthur Kellermann and Matthew Miller found that keeping a gun in the home was associated with an increased risk of suicide.

Other studies, however, found no association between gun ownership and suicide Miller, Marv.

1978.

“ Geriatric suicide .” The Gerontologist 18: 488-495 ; Bukstein, O. G., David A. Brent, Joshua A. Perper, Grace Moritz, Marianne Baugher, Joy Schweers, Claudia Roth, and L. Balach.

1993.

" Risk factors for completed suicide among adolescents with a lifetime history of substance abuse: a case-control study.

" Acta Psychiatrica Scandanavia 88: 403-408 ; Beautrais, Annette L., Peter R. Joyce, and Roger T. Mulder.

1996.

“ Access to firearms and the risk of suicide .” Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 30: 741-748 ; Conwell, Yeates, Kenneth Connor, and Christopher Cox.

2002.

“ Access to firearms and risk for suicide in middle-aged and older adults .” American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry