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Professor Vars: Gun Waiting Periods Can Prevent Suicides

May 4, 2018

Professor Fred Vars (along with Griffin Edwards, Erik Nesson, and Joshua Robinson) writes an op-ed for USA Today about how gun purchase waiting periods don’t stop mass shootings but can prevent suicides.

For more, read “Gun Purchase Waiting Periods Are a Powerful Way to Prevent Suicides and Save Lives.”


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