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Professor Vars Publishes Essay about Gun Registry in The Wall Street Journal

October 15, 2020

Professor Fred Vars, along with Ian Ayres, published an essay in The Wall Street Journal about a proposal that would allow individuals at risk of suicide to voluntarily place their name on a gun registry.

For more, read “Suicide Accounts for Most Gun Deaths. A Libertarian Approach Could Help.”


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