This is how we roll…grassroots.

NPR/September 2, 2016

‘There’s a new push in the national conversation about gun violence that is attempting to sidestep the political rancor, to find common ground on one thing — guns and suicide. The campaign in Colorado is called the Colorado Gun Shop Project.

The ‘poster reads, Gun Owners Can Help! Under a photo of a lone elk in the mountains, it lists signs someone may be suicidal and a phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

There’s now an 11th commandment on gun safety rules: Consider off-site storage — family, friends, some shooting clubs, police departments or gun shops — if a family member may be suicidal. Clark says most people don’t realize that the majority of gun deaths are not homicides but suicide.

A survey of hospital emergency rooms by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2011 found an estimated 21,175 suicides involving firearms compared with 11,208 homicides involving guns.’

Full article:

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/02/492144056/colorado-gun-shops-work-together-to-prevent-suicides

MARCH 30TH, 2017 UPDATE BY JOHN HAWTHORNE:

12 Critical Gun Safety Rules You Can’t Ignore