Stricter laws on gun control would lower suicide rate

STRICTER gun control laws would help reduce the high number of suicides in this country, experts believe.

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.