Through the Fire: How People with Mental Illness Are Empowering Each Other

Fredrick E. Vars is the Robert W. Hodgkins Chairholder of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law. He is a leader in the fields of mental health and firearm law and is the coauthor, with Ian Ayres, of Weapon of Choice: Fighting Gun Violence While Respecting Gun Rights. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and the New England Journal of Medicine, among others. He lives in Birmingham, Alabama, with his wife, two children, and dog, Henry.