HARRISBURG – Firearm suicides affect 1 in 4 rural Pennsylvanians, but far fewer broach the subject in public, according to a violence prevention advocacy group pushing to address the “why” and end the silence.
About 1 in 10 say suicide is a major issue in their community and about the same rate agreed that they were concerned it may occur again.
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