The VA's past efforts to reduce veteran firearm suicides had been opposed by gun rights activists and conservative lawmakers.
While the military teaches soldiers about firearm safety, the Department of Veteran Affairs has launched a campaign to try and reduce veteran suicides by emphasizing gun safety.
"Though it may seem like a small barrier," the ad says,"a simple lock puts a barrier between the thought and the trigger." "We are not gearing any campaign or messaging towards [firearm] restriction," Dr. Matthew Miller, executive director of VA's, told the House committee on Wednesday."We are gearing our messaging and campaign towards safety, time and space between a person, a firearm and ammunition.... A [pause] of 10 to 20 minutes can be life saving."
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