![Chris Gilchrist speaks about the causes and effects of suicide on loved ones in her office in Chesapeake on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Gilchrist has run the Survivors of Suicide support group in Hampton Roads for more than 35 years. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot) Chris Gilchrist speaks about the causes and effects of suicide on loved ones in her office in Chesapeake on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Gilchrist has run the Survivors of Suicide support group in Hampton Roads for more than 35 years. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/TVP-L-NW-SHOTSFIRED-SUICIDE-0623-KW-05.jpg?w=525)
While homicides and mass shootings take up a lot of space in conversations and politics surrounding gun deaths, more than half of all gun deaths nationwide are suicides.
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