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    The answer is clearly no,” Kivisto says, but“It's one potential tool that can make some positive differences.”.

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    Thus, as Kivisto and Phalen note,“These findings suggest that firearm seizure legislation is associated with meaningful reductions in population-level firearm suicide rates, with mixed evidence for a replacement effect.”.

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    In the 10 years following its enactment, Indiana's law was associated with an estimated 7.5 percent fewer firearm suicides(“larger than that seen in any comparison state by chance alone,” Kivisto and Phalen wrote).

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    While background checks prove effective in some settings, Kivisto says, they may not address specific issues that red flag laws do account for, like sudden life changes- losing a job, getting a divorce, developing a substance abuse problem.

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    We have known for a long time that about two out of three people killed by a gun die by suicide,” Kivisto says, and the issue, to him, is where“the intersection of mental health and gun violence really comes together.”.

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    To analyze the effect of the laws, Kivisto and Peter Lee Phalen, a doctoral student at the University of Maryland, created“synthetic” versions of Connecticut and Indiana based on"a weighted combination of other states around the country," Kivisto explains,"so that in the end, this comparison state looks essentially identical to Indiana in terms of demographics, gun ownership, and suicide rates.".

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