Stricter gun control could stop violent men killing their partners and themselves

(Springer) Men who use guns to kill their partner are also likely to commit suicide. Those planning to commit suicide are not deterred by severe penalties, and therefore the most successful way of preventing such homicides is to restrict gun access to batterers. So says Sierra Smucker of Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy in the US. She is the lead author of a study in Springer's Journal of Urban Health.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news