September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

“There are more suicides where there are more guns. Understanding this relationship can help inform effective suicide prevention strategies.” 

~ VPC Executive Director Josh Sugarman

 

58% of gun deaths in Massachusetts are suicides.

The Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) is a tool to prevent suicides. 

In Other News:

  • A mass shooting at a middle school averted in Florida.
  • New York and major cities across the country see a rise in ghost guns.
  • The Charlotte North Carolina high school shooter killed two, including a toddler.
  • In Pennsylvania, a teen was fatally shot at a Halloween hayride.
  • In the first 9 months of 2021, Gun Violence Archive reported nearly 1,455 unintentional shootings.
  • President Biden withdraws his ATF nominee, David Chipman.

 

If you or anyone you know is in distress, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:

    Available 24 hours at 800-273-8255    

 

If you or anyone you know is in distress, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - available 24 hours at 800-273-8255

 

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