Abstract
Gun Availability and Suicide in Canada: Testing the Displacement Hypothesis
Carrington P J~~Moyer S
This paper reports tests of the displacement hypothesis using Canadian data & two designs: regression analysis of regional variations in gun ownership & suicide rates, & interrupted time series analysis of suicide rates before & after the 1977 amendments to the federal gun control law. Both tests found no positive associations between gun availability & gun suicide rates, & no evidence of displacement to other methods. (26 refs)