Few laws to address growing issue of elderly gun owners with dementia

Monday, November 26, 2018 - 09:30 in Health & Medicine

Red flag laws allowing for the removal of firearms from people with mental illness need to be widely extended to patients suffering from dementia, according to an article in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. The authors noted that the current lack of public policy could lead to an increase in suicide and accidental shootings […]

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