More Black Americans are buying guns. Is it driving up Black suicide rates?

Reba Rice-Portwood outside of her home in St. Louis. Rice-Portwood became an advocate for mental health issues after her son died by suicide seven years ago.

Gun buying among African Americans has soared in recent years. So have suicide rates among young black men. Gun safety efforts and suicide prevention need to address race and cultural differences.

(Image credit: Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio)

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