'We don't want to be first place.' Wyoming tries to address high gun suicide rates
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'We don't want to be first place.' Wyoming tries to address high gun suicide rates

NPR  

'We don't want to be first place.' Wyoming tries to address high gun suicide rates Enlarge this image toggle caption Rachel Woolf for NPR Rachel Woolf for NPR CHEYENNE, Wyo. toggle caption Rachel Woolf for NPR "Cowboying up" to get through a mental health crisis There are a lot of theories behind why Wyoming, alongside several of its neighbors in the Mountain West, has had perennially high suicide rates. toggle caption Rachel Woolf for NPR One recent week, she had logged hundreds of miles in her Toyota hybrid minivan crisscrossing southern Wyoming visiting local gun shops and advocating for safe storage — where a customer can bring their guns in and store them temporarily in a safe, no questions asked. toggle caption Rachel Woolf for NPR It's not yet clear how many gun shops are offering safe storage in Wyoming.

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