Editing Right to keep and bear arms (section)

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Some other research indicates that gun levels do not affect the total number of homicides or the total number of suicides, but rather affect the share of homicides or suicides committed with guns.<ref>''Journal of Criminal Justice'' 43:30–38 (2015); Social Science Quarterly 110(3):936–950 (2019)</ref>

Public-health critic, gun-rights proponent, and editor-in-chief of ''[[Surgical Neurology International]]'' [[Miguel Faria]] contended in 2012 that keeping and bearing arms not only has constitutional protection, but also that firearms have beneficial aspects that have been ignored by the public health establishment in which he played a part.<ref name="Faria" /> He also contended that guns benefit self-defense, collective defense, and protecting life and property.<ref name="Faria">{{cite journal |last1=Faria |first1=Miguel A. |title=America, guns, and freedom. Part I: A recapitulation of liberty |url=https://surgicalneurologyint.com/surgicalint-articles/america-guns-and-freedom-part-i-a-recapitulation-of-liberty/ |journal=Surgical Neurology International |year=2012 |volume=3 |pages=133 |publisher=Elsevier |doi=10.4103/2152-7806.102951 |pmid=23227438 |pmc=3513846 |access-date=17 April 2020 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Faria 2">{{cite journal |last1=Faria |first1=Miguel A. |title=America, guns and freedom: Part II – An international perspective |journal=Surgical Neurology International |year=2012 |volume=3 |pages=135 |publisher=Elsevier | issue=1| doi=10.4103/2152-7806.103542 |pmid=23227440 |pmc=3513850 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

A 2012 study in the journal ''[[Annual Review of Public Health]]'' found that suicide rates are greater in households with firearms than those without them.<ref name="Miller 393–408">{{cite journal | vauthors = Miller M, Azrael D, Barber C | title = Suicide mortality in the United States: the importance of attending to method in understanding population-level disparities in the burden of suicide | journal = [[Annual Review of Public Health]] | volume = 33 | pages = 393–408 | date = April 2012 | pmid = 22224886 | doi = 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031811-124636 | doi-access=free }}</ref>