Taking Action

Recommendations

View the links below to read our recommendations for:

Bring the Means Matter Campaign to your state!

Contact us to request a speaker who can:

  • Present an introduction to means restriction at your next conference, highlighting key research findings and implications for suicide prevention work.
  • Tailor a presentation on means restriction to your audience (e.g. school counselors, PTAs, social workers)
  • Provide an in-depth clinical training for health professionals on how to talk with patients safe firearm storage practices, when it might be important to store firearms outside the home, and whom to contact for assistance.
  • Discuss the public health approach to reducing suicides, including advice for suicide prevention groups on how to talk about guns without talking about gun laws.

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