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Professor Vars Comments on His Proposal to Help Prevent Suicide

September 27, 2018

Professor Fred Vars is quoted in the Times-Picayune about his proposal that allows residents to voluntarily suspend their ability to purchase a gun.

His goal of having laws in all 50 states received an unexpected push in August when he received a call from a woman in New Orleans who said her mother had just killed herself with a .38-caliber revolver.

For more, read “After Mother’s Suicide, Katrina Brees Fights for ‘No Guns’ Self-Registry.”


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