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Hear from experts working to reduce firearm injury
#ThisIsOurLane — Firearm Safety as Health Care’s Highway
Following the National Rifle Association's tweet chiding "doctors to stay in their lane," physicians across specialties and the political spectrum respond with the many ways that firearm injuries and deaths affect the medical community and the patients it serves.
Protecting America’s Schools
A U.S. Secret Service analysis of targeted school violence from 2008 to 2017 with analysis of threat assessment.
EFSGV: Lethal Means Safety Counseling
Facts and recommendations for lethal means safety counseling to help prevent firearm-related injury and death by EFSGV
APA Resources for Coping with Mass Shootings, Understanding Gun Violence
Resources by the American Psychological Association (APA) to help those suffering from the distress of mass shootings and help understand firearm violence.
A Guide to Mass Shootings in America
Mother Jones guide to mass shootings in America with open-source database documenting mass shootings and discussing analytical findings.
VA Lethal Means Safety Training Video
Training course and resources on lethal means safety for clinicians and Veteran Health Affairs facility coordinators.
Understanding Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide: A Primer for Preventing Suicide
Critical care information for clinicians on identifying risk and protective factors to assess and manage suicide risk in individuals.
Veteran Affairs: PREVENTS
The President's Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide (PREVENTS) focuses on a public health approach to preventing suicide among veterans and suicide members.
CALM: Counseling on Access to Lethal Means
Training course provided by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) on how to reduce access to lethal means for people at risk for suicide.
Means Matter: Recommendations for Clinicians
Recommendations for clinicians on lethal means counseling for patients at risk of suicide.
Law Enforcement Agencies’ Perceptions of the Benefits of and Barriers to Temporary Firearm Storage to Prevent Suicide
This article discusses the perceived benefits and barriers to providing voluntary and temporary firearm transfer and storage by law enforcement agencies.
2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action
The National Strategy is a joint effort by the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General and Action Alliance to guide suicide prevention actions in the United States with goals and objectives for action. States