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Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds, who is pushing the Virginia legislature for mental health-care reform, speaks during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, March 31, 2014. Last November, Deeds was attacker by his son, Austin "Gus" Deeds at their rural homestead in Bath County, his son then killed himself. The younger Deeds had been released the previous day from an emergency custody order because a psychiatric bed could not be found for him. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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He said constituents have read news stories over the years about lawmakers misusing their campaign funds and want a change.

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Democratic Sen. Creigh Deeds, the lead sponsor of the bill, said the number of suicides at U.S. shooting ranges is relatively low, an average of about 35 per year, according to a Harvard study published in 2020.

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