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Kathleen Rice: “If you look at--there is no question that firearms are one of the most common means of completing suicide among the…”

On the recordApril 28, 2019
If you look at--there is no question that firearms are one of the most common means of completing suicide among the general population, and 69 percent of veterans have completed suicide via firearm.
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Kathleen Rice
Democratic · New York

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Discussing the link between firearms and veteran suicide rates.

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