“After struggling with chronic pain management for several years, my dad took his life with a gun.  He was 68. My dad was intelligent and caring. He loved life and had many friends. Because he had access to a gun, his suicide attempt was fatal. He wasn’t there to walk my sister down the aisle when she got married a couple of years later. He wasn’t there to attend any of his grandchildren’s college graduations. He isn’t there to talk to when I need his sage advice.

Sunday, I used tools that my dad gave me when I was a freshman in college to install a new doorbell. I am proud that my dad raised a capable daughter who can do her own handyman work, but I’m sad every time I look at the toolbox he gave me and remember that his life ended too soon.” - Yvonne, gun violence survivor

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