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Lawmaker to Draft Alabama Legislation to Help Prevent Suicide

January 2, 2019

State Rep. Allen Farley is writing legislation to support Professor Fred Vars’s proposal to allow residents to voluntarily suspend their ability to purchase a gun. Professor Vars would like to see similar legislation in all 50 states.

For more, view “Lawmaker Working on Suicide Prevention Bill.”


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