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Archie Bleyer, M.D., remembers the day his research focus shifted.
His 12-year-old grandson's classmate and soccer teammate died by a firearm. He knew the boy's mother and said that her son "left a note and used the gun, but didn't need to die because he had a bad day."
In another instance, his patient awoke when hearing his son kill himself with a gun.
These events changed Bleyer's life.
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