Veterans At Risk Of Suicide Negotiate A Thorny Relationship With Guns
Researchers say putting guns out of reach reduces the chances that suicidal veterans could take their own lives, but changing the law is a controversial idea.
There's sort of a designated driver in Jason Stavely's circle of Iraq buddies, but he doesn't take away peoples' car keys. He takes the guns.
"Come toward September-October, if I get the feeling, I'm more than happy to give my guns back to my buddy again," said Stavely.
Stavely has bad memories from the war that get triggered every autumn. And last year, one of his Marine Corps friends died by suicide in October. So Stavely's therapist at the Veterans Affairs clinic suggested getting his guns
