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January 22, 2026
CeaseFirePA: New Video Shared Alex Umble’s Story: How Pennsylvania’s Failure to Enact Extreme Risk Protection Order Costs Lives
The moving video shares the story of Alex Umble, who in 2018, during a depression related crisis, created an online account at a local firearms retailer, paid for a gun with his debit card, drove to the store on Saturday to pick it up, and died by suicide late on Monday.
An overwhelming majority of Americans favor Extreme Risk laws, and multiple studies prove they work to prevent firearm suicide. Growing evidence also shows they can help prevent would-be mass shooters from committing violence.
