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Unsafe firearm storage is common among veterans with suicidal ideation, study finds

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  • 38.1% of veterans in California lived in a home with a firearm.
  • Among those veterans with a firearm at home, 13.9% reported that at least one was stored loaded and unlocked. Among nonveterans with a firearm at home, that figure was 6.8%.
  • 14.1% of veterans in California reported having seriously considered suicide at some point in their life.

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