A bipartisan U.S. Senate agreement has raised hopes — and doubts — that it will help reduce gun suicides, particularly in rural Western states with wide-open gun laws.

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A bipartisan U.S. Senate agreement has raised hopes — and doubts — that it will help reduce gun suicides, particularly in rural Western states with wide-open gun laws.