What type of firearms are used in firearm suicide?
* A report prepared for the Department of Justice provided information on the type of firearm – handguns or long guns – used by suicide victims. In the two jurisdictions for which data were available – Ontario and Manitoba – long guns were consistently the weapon of choice in firearm suicides.[18] * The final report of the Firearms Smuggling Work Group included statistical information on all firearms recovered in one year by ten police agencies across the country. A total of 264 recovered firearms were involved in attempted and completed suicide, of which 80% were long guns.
