Biden announces new military and veteran suicide prevention strategy

President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a new military and veteran suicide prevention strategy that includes promoting safe firearms storage and outlining best practices for firearm dealers.

The plan includes a new federal focus on improving lethal means safety, which is a voluntary practice to reduce one's suicide risk by limiting access to objects that can be used to cause self-harm, including medications, firearms, or sharp instruments.

The Department of Justice will soon finalize a rule clarifying the obligations firearm dealers have to make secure gun storage or safety devises available for purchase, the White House says.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives will also issue a best practices guide to all federal firearm dealers to remind them about steps they are legally required to take to keep customers and communities safe, as well as additional steps they are encouraged to take.