Source: Heath Druzin, WUNC, 10/9/20
A new study shows rural congressional districts have far higher suicide rates than urban ones and that firearms are a major factor. The study from gun control advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety underscores a rural-urban divide exacerbated by uneven access to mental health care and the relationship between access to firearms and suicide rates.
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