Pentagon panel says military bases should stop selling guns to troops under 25 to prevent suicides

 The military should stop selling guns to troops under the age of 25, in a bid to help combat suicide, an independent Pentagon panel found.

The Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee (SPRIRC) was formed in March 2020 to address the rising rates of suicides by members of the armed forces.

“On DoD property, raise the minimum age for purchasing firearms and ammunition to 25 years,” the committee wrote in their report, which was released Friday, Fox News reported.

SPRIRC called the suggestion “high priority” and said the situation was something that “must change.”

https://nypost.com/2023/02/25/pentagon-panel-says-to-stop-selling-guns-to-troops-under-the-age-of-25-to-fight-suicides/