Stricter laws on gun control would lower suicide rate
Consultant psychiatrist at St Mary’s Hospital, Castlebar, Co Mayo, Dr John Connolly says tighter gun laws would have an impact on reducing the number of suicides. He was commenting on figures referred to by Health Minister Micheál Martin in the Dáil. They showed the number of deaths involving firearms were:
37 male and five female suicides in 1998.
