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Veteran Suicide Prevention Bill Includes Safe Firearm Storage and VA Training (10)
ERLANGER, Kentucky, Nov. 26 (TNSres) -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news:
By Matt Saintsing
Of the 18 veteran deaths by suicide every day, 13 are from a self-inflicted firearm injury, according to a 2023 Department of Veterans Affairs suicide prevention report. Creating time and space between a veteran in crisis and their gun may prove to be lifesaving. That's why DAV is throwing its support behind legislation intended to boost the safe storage of firearms among veterans.
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