Experts say many people who take their lives using guns have quick access to firearms and have tended to be gun owners or their family members.ДЄs part of the White House plan, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will distribute a guide for firearms dealers that spells out safety steps required under the law and additional steps the government recommends. In 2019, firearms were the most common method used in suicide deaths in the United States, accounting for nearly 24,000 deaths, little over half of all suicide deaths, according to federal health statistics. John Feinblatt, president of the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, praised the efforts on gun storage for вЂњblazing a new pathвЂќ to keep guns away from people who could be a danger to themselves. The effort also includes the Justice Department finalizing a rule, first proposed in 2016, that would require stores that sell firearms to also offer secure gun storage and safety devices. The plan calls for federal agencies - including the Defense Department, Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of TransportationвЂ™s emergency medical services office - to encourage safer storage of guns and training for counselors, crisis responders and others. Officials say itвЂ™s an unprecedented focus by the federal government on reducing the risk of suicide through awareness and training campaigns and new regulations to increase the availability of gun-storage products.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is rolling out a new initiative aimed at reducing the number of suicides by gun and addressing the significant increases in suicides by members of the military and veterans.

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