# ‘It was just so easy for him to do it’: Parents of suicide victim push for gun

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**Created:** [December 13, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/it-was-just-so-easy-for-him-to-do-it-parents-of-suicide-victim-push-for-gun/1357 "2018-12-13T22:29:15Z")\
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> **[‘It was just so easy for him to do it’: Parents of suicide victim push for...](https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2018/12/13/andrew-black-obituary-gun-waiting-period?s_campaign=bcom:socialflow:facebook&fbclid=IwAR1q79xM1uoYTz-nxZ43o4BI2EKyRhHdiLpXoeraY-lbJPMV-nJ2thTDTHg)**
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> "At 11:02 he went and bought a gun. Was out of the store by 11:30 and he was dead by 3 or 3:30."

> **[Her son's obituary drew more attention than she expected. Vermont legislators...](https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2018/12/12/mother-son-vermont-obituary-speaks-public-reaction-andrew-black/2291431002/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)**
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> Alyssa Black, whose son Andrew died by suicide on Dec. 6, and VT reps speak on reaction obituary prompted.

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