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Dr. Michael Victoroff, a physician in the Denver area whose leisure-time passion is competitive
shooting, practices at a range in Centennial, Colo., in March. Across the U.S., suicides account
for nearly two-thirds of all gun deaths, with 21,334 gun deaths by suicide in 2014, according to
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a state working group seeking to raise awareness of the issue among primary-care doctors.
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Members of local government and non-profits talk during the monthly suicide prevention meet-
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care. But please make sure they are
locked and out of the reach of someone
who’s in crisis. I’m not asking any gun
shop owner to be a psychologist. I’m
asking them to be their brother’s keeper.’
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coordinator of Gun Shop Project whose 15-year-old brother in law fatally shot himself in 2010
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