{"id":119149,"date":"2021-11-02T14:08:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T18:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=119149"},"modified":"2021-11-02T14:08:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T18:08:04","slug":"wh-veteran-suicide-prevention-plan-pushes-gun-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=119149","title":{"rendered":"WH veteran suicide prevention plan pushes gun “safety”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Resident Biden’s administration will be releasing their plan to combat veteran suicides. No surprise, they’re coming for your guns. Jeff LPH 3 sends in the Military Times article<\/a> on the topic;<\/p>\n

White House officials on Tuesday will unveil their new plan to end veteran and military suicide, with an increased focus on firearm safety and expanding mental health options for individuals in distress.<\/p>\n

The plan, designed to guide prevention efforts in both the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, will also put an emphasis on a network of other support services \u2014 including financial and employment assistance \u2014 to provide \u201cstability\u201d to individuals transitioning from military to civilian life.<\/p>\n

\u201cReducing suicide cannot be accomplished singularly through reactive policy change,\u201d the new roadmap document states. \u201cRather, it requires a long-term strategic vision and commitment designed to create and implement systemic changes in how we support service members, veterans, and their families across the full continuum of risk and wellness.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move comes a week before Veterans Day and about 16 months after former President Donald Trump released his administration\u2019s own plan regarding suicides, one that prioritized public awareness of the problem of military and veterans suicide as a way to engage all Americans in prevention efforts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Orange Man bad, so they have to come up with a new plan. One that will be emphasizing “gun safety.” Since apparently every veteran having received at least basic firearms training isn’t enough. I guess all those firearm suicides could be prevented if people only knew that shooting yourself was going to be fatal. This is the immutable logic of those in the Biden admin.<\/p>\n

The most potentially controversial part of the new plan revolves around lethal means safety, and discussions about encouraging individuals in distress to separate themselves from their personal firearms in the name of safety.<\/p>\n

About 70 percent of all suicide deaths in 2019 were as a result of firearms. Veterans Affairs officials in recent months have stepped up public awareness campaigns on that potential danger, and the importance of gun safety for veterans and troops as well as their family members and friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudies have shown that creating environments that reduce risk and enhance protective factors where individuals live, work, and play can help prevent suicide,\u201d the report states. \u201cThis includes efforts to reduce access to lethal means, including firearms and medications, particularly in times of crisis, and to increase safe storage practices for lethal means.\u201d<\/p>\n

White House officials hope to develop a new interagency plan \u2014 with input from Defense, VA, Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security officials \u2014 on \u201caddressing lethal means safety awareness, education, training, and program evaluation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report does not discuss any plans to review firearms possession rules for individuals facing mental health issues, or for mandating safe storage of guns for veterans or service members.<\/p>\n

But similar efforts have been met with resistance in the past from conservatives who view any discussion on firearms limits as an infringement of constitutional rights.<\/p>\n

White House officials also plan to mandate lethal means safety training for VA medical personnel \u2014 including private-sector health care providers treating VA patients \u2014 and increase available training for \u201cnon-medical counselors, crisis responders, health care professionals, family members and other gatekeepers.\u201d<\/p>\n

They also plan increased \u201ctoolkits\u201d to help troops and veterans interested in safe storage of firearms, to include developing maps of gun lockers and other storage options in their communities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This sounds like it’s veering into red flag law territory, which will be done not through the legal system but through a doctor’s order. If the doctor says you’re crazy and commits you, suddenly you’ve got no 2nd Amendment rights. Which is why they want to involve the DOJ and DHS (neither agency having anything to do with Congressional mandates related to veterans).<\/p>\n

If anything, this is the kind of thing that exacerbates mental health problems for veterans with PTSD. For many, the ready accessibility of a firearm for personal and familial defense is a comfort. I know many with PTSD that cannot sleep or leave the house without being armed. Audie Murphy famously admitted to needing to have a loaded .45 under his pillow when he slept.<\/p>\n

We’re trained from Day 1 in basic training or boot camp that your rifle is your means to survive. You never leave your rifle behind. You take care of it and when you’re in trouble, the rifle will be there to protect you and your comrades. Now, you want me to give that up? Worse, they’ll give me a “toolkit” that directs me to put my firearm in someone else’s gun locker in the “community.” Come on, man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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