How a case involving a retired police officer’s application for a gun permit brings together many issues in the nation’s gun debate A teen’s suicide and the battle to confiscate his father’s firearms How a case involving a retired police officer’s application for a gun permit brings together many issues in the nation’s gun debate Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2qbdEDB On November 27, 2016, Jack Gonzales Farrell, 17, shot himself with his father’s gun, which was in an unlocked gun safe in a locked closet. He died two days later.