You would think that a researcher and a police officer would be aware that the majority of criminal firearm misuse in every city occurs by and between a very small group of associated people, most with prior criminal histories, most repeatedly changing roles between victim and offender. King County did a study of emergency room visits that made that clear, as did the CDC in Wilmington, and Papacristos in Chicago and Boston. It's just as true in Alaska's cities.

When you look at the actual players and risk factors, and quit falsely generalizing data to the population at large (as epidemiologists are prone to do due to apparently not understanding criminality and ignoring the extant research by the actual experts on crime) you find that lawful ownership and carry has essentially no causal intersect with criminal misuse.

As for suicide, a recent study out of Pretoria tracking suicide showed no drop in rates after strict gun control and almost 100% method transfer from guns to hanging.