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Vermont Officials Look To Cut Down Number Of Suicides By Gun

NPR
Published September 27, 2017 at 12:52 PM EDT
From 2011 through 2016, the majority of gun deaths in Vermont were suicides. Public health professionals are working to reduce that number by encoraging people to safely store their firearms using gun locks and safes. (Emily Alfin Johnson/VPR Photo Illustration)
From 2011 through 2016, the majority of gun deaths in Vermont were suicides. Public health professionals are working to reduce that number by encoraging people to safely store their firearms using gun locks and safes. (Emily Alfin Johnson/VPR Photo Illustration)

Vermont Public Radio recently did an analysis of gun deaths in the state over a six-year period. It shows that the majority of deaths by firearm in Vermont are suicides.

Reporter Liam Elder-Connors (@lseconnors) looks at how public health officials there are trying to prevent them.

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