Nev. gun check law could affect suicide prevention
By Wesley Juhl, Las Vegas Review-Journal
If a loved one is suffering from suicidal thoughts, one of the first things to do is remove guns from the home.
But in states across the U.S., universal background check laws – like the one that just passed in Nevada – and restrictions on temporary gun transfers can be an obstacle to getting guns out.
A November report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research examined universal background check laws around the U.S. to see how they measure up in terms of suicide prevention.
Geniuses. More likely cleaning the house of weapons will be the very move that pushes the potential suicide subject into action. Inanimate objects don’t make decisions, people do.