Whether you are pro-gun or anti-gun, this news emerging from a recently conducted study should definitely raise some concerns about taking extra precautions for gun safety in homes with youth.
One fifth of youths at risk for suicide have guns in the home. A third of them know how to get the guns, a third know how to get the bullets, and 15 percent know how to get both.
And a frightening 40 percent of suicide completers among youth (those who actually died) had no known mental illness. So parents did not even have the notice that their children were at risk for a problem.
Whether or not you believe your adolescents or early adults are at risk for this most heartbreaking event, if you have guns in your home, please take extra precautions, because too many parents had no mental health warming signs at all.
Please see the article about the findings here.
Please see the article about the findings here.
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