Extreme Risk Protection Order Policies and Suicide Risk Among Handgun Owners

This cohort study of California’s ERPO law and suicide risk among handgun owners estimated a modest population-level reduction in suicide risk, although a null effect cannot be ruled out, and such aggregate estimates do not necessarily imply ERPOs are ineffective among the individuals subjected to them. The findings reinforce the need for further research to understand the ways in which ERPOs can be used to reduce suicide.

Corresponding Author: Nhan Tran, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, 130 De Soto St, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 (ngt18@pitt.edu).

Link to the article in your story

We encourage you to link out to this article in your story using the link below. It includes an access token that will give free access to the article for your readers up to one year after publication. (The link will be live after the article publishes and embargo is lifted.)

Please see the article for additional information, including full author list, author contributions and affiliations, conflict of interest and financial disclosures, and funding and support.

Need more information? Contact us.