claim: "states that have implemented waiting periods have seen significant decreases in suicides."
author: doug jones
evidence_1: handgun waiting periods are laws that impose a delay between the initiation of a  ... we find that waiting periods cause large and statistically significant reductions  in ... during which federal policy forced many states to implement waiting periods.  ... waiting periods also lead to a 7–11% reduction in gun suicides (depending ...
evidence_2: states that implemented any of these laws saw a decreased suicide rate in ...  reflected the implementation of firearms legislation in states that would have had  ... whereas states that repealed any of the 4 laws would see increased suicide  rates. ..... of the waiting period was significantly correlated with the firearm suicide  rate ...
evidence_3: (this is easy to see by noting that the inclusion of dummy variables for each state  is ... if waiting periods are negatively correlated with mortality rates, we would ...  states in any of the homicide or suicide measures are statistically significant at  the .... nor the decrease in suicides from all causes are statistically significant at  the ...
evidence_4: waiting periods, or “cooling off” laws, create an important window of time for ...  for more information on this issue, see our summary on background check  procedures. ... suicides constitute two-thirds of all gun deaths in the u.s., with  more than ... nine states and the district of columbia have waiting periods that  apply to the ...
evidence_5: oct 16, 2017 ... waiting period laws are associated with a 17% decrease in gun homicides and a  7% to 11% decrease in gun suicides each year, according to a new study. ... in  the 17 states and the district of columbia that have waiting periods, roughly ...  see the latest news and share your comments with cnn health on ...