Guns, Suicide, and Mental Illness: A Roundtable Discussion

Recently, our country got a wake-up call. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data showing that from 1999 through 2017, the national suicide rate increased 33 percent. This increase, which is consistent across all demographics, puts the suicide death rate at its highest level in at least 50 years. Additionally, over the last 10 years, the age-adjusted firearm…