Guns are the leading method of suicide in the U.S., but gun owners with a history of suicidal thoughts and behaviors are less likely to report it.
The study measured patterns of passive and active suicidal ideation and behaviors. The results showed patterns were similar among gun owners and non–gun owners who had a lower probability of suicidal behavior, but when comparing gun owners and non-gun owners who had active suicidal ideation and behaviors, the patterns were different.
“We’ve learned that gun owners and non-gun owners are very different when it comes to the types of suicidal thoughts they say they’ve had,” Bryan explained. “The key difference being that gun owners were much, much less likely to say that they were experiencing thoughts about wanting to die.” In the context of suicide, coupling means that when someone strongly associates a behavior with a specific method, they are more
Although the Ohio State University’s study shows that gun owners are less likely to report suicidal ideation, it also shows they were more “We’ve known for many decades that about half of those who kill themselves deny suicidal ideation in advance,” Bryan said. “What we’ve tried to understand in doing this study is how we were missing this. Realizing how different groups think about suicide is an important first step.”
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