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Military Suicides and Private Weapons
There is an interesting article in the NY Times related to efforts underway to separate potentially suicidal soldiers from their personal firearms. Basically the push is on to allow the military to talk to the soldiers and their families and encourage them to remove weapons from their homes. There are also some who would like to see a way to flag potentially suicidal soldiers so they could not make purchases at on base gun stores.
While initially it does seem like these efforts are well intentioned and appear to be moving cautiously one does wonder where these efforts might lead. Anyway, I thought it was an interesting read as we see more and more discussion about efforts to keep firearms away from those dealing with mental or emotional disorders.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/us...ml?ref=us&_r=0
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- Milton Friedman
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