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I was looking for something a little more specific to mental illness. I want to reiterate that I am not saying that no gun control can reduce suicides. I think it can, and your study shows that quite well. Just that I am not sure that gun control specifically pertaining to mental illness reduces suicide or if it instead drives people from treatment, nullifying the effect. I decided to do a quick search and heres what I found:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5154170/ - I don't like the way this study presents its data, but from what I can parse, they conclude little effect of legislation limiting access to firearms for those with mental illness. "No significant associations were found between legal disqualification from possessing firearms and suicide risk with either version of the outcome variable."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/02/10/the-gop-is-making-it-easier-for-mentally-ill-people-to-buy-guns-they-have-a-point/?utm_term=.db7d3dd44c5a - Individuals with serious mental illness are only slightly more likely to commit suicide using a firearm.
Obviously, that isn't exactly comprehensive, but it is a start.
