The phrase "gun suicides" refers to situations where individuals use firearms to intentionally cause harm to themselves and take their own lives.
Sentences with «gun suicides»
One study of the program, by Australian researchers, found that buying back 3,500 guns per 100,000 people correlated with up to a 50 percent drop in firearm homicides, and a 74 percent drop in gun suicides. (vox.com)
Two, the number of gun suicides jumped the year after that, once people had time to replace their semiautomatics with revolvers and shotguns. (politics.stackexchange.com)
This is true, but only because gun suicides are higher in states with the most guns. (politics.stackexchange.com)