Suicide Prevention Sat - I know we will talk about something..

Hi, how are you? It's Saturday night. I really want to do a Saturday Night Live skit. I'm not gonna lie, I didn't watch Saturday Night Live a whole lot as a kid. However, the beginning was always cool. All right, so it's Saturday night. Where are you? You're— oh, I forgot to turn off my phone. I do that often. Hey GT3, let me make this quiet, or try to make this quiet. There we go. Alrighty then, what am I doing? Oh no, it's only 37 seconds in, you haven't missed that much yet. I haven't. So earlier, as soon as I posted this up, this was happening. DJ says rock on. Usually Gun Websites got to be the first, and GT3 Hi y'all. Um, all right, so Saturday night, Suicide Prevention Saturday. What are we going to talk about today? Hmm, so many questions. G-Webs had a request from our previous— my previous— whatever that's called— my previous live today, which was all legislative stuff because Connecticut thinks that gun violence is a health crisis. And I say no. I say violence might be a health crisis. Suicide is a health crisis. So, all right, let's see. What do you mean you don't do quiet well? I don't know that you ever are quiet. Hello, Miss Bridget. I hope you are rocking your second round of 75 Hard. You're doing something crazy like that. Um, For those of you on Facebook, go to Bridget Collins Waldron's, um, who's in what's it, her profile. I scroll down her wall a little while because I'm pretty sure she still has her, uh, charity for 22, 22 a Day. Anyway, it's a suicide prevention charity, so check out Bridget's Facebook page and scroll down and stalk her, assuming that she has that available to public. So, and yes, DJ's friends probably say that he does need a mute button. For those of you who don't know him, it's okay, but yes, he's loud. Oh, G23, that's right, you've got this whole thing going on where you're— there you've got panels and everything else. Uh, feel free to drop a link in here so like I can go back and check it out. And, uh, yeah, Andrew, you got it all day long. Guns can't do a darn thing on their own. My new— I've decided my new saying is violence is a verb. It's an action that people do. A gun, that's just a noun. So, and, um, anytime, hun, raising awareness, um, 22 a Day, all that good stuff. You don't have a wrench? What do you need a wrench for? Oh no, all right, you can't cut and paste, DJ has to. All right, well, maybe DG knows how, um, because I can't give you a wrench right now because I'm on StreamYard. So I'll try to do that later. All right, here we go. Suicide French and Saturday. Um, oh, you guys are like talking a whole lot, and I will try to not pay attention a little bit here and there. So where am I? Uh, Suicide French and Saturday because 2, I out of every 3 gun violence deaths that you hear about, over 60% of the gun violence deaths are suicide. So if people really wanted to help save a life, they would totally focus on suicide prevention. Because if we focus on suicide prevention, that would mean not only could we as gun owners help prevent more suicides, but if we focus on suicide prevention, it wouldn't be just the ones that we're saving that would be by gun. We could save lots of them. So I talk about this every Saturday night around 9 PM Eastern time. Someone asked me why so late, because honestly I'm old and I'd like to go to bed at like 7 some Saturday nights because I just don't have that rock star life that people think that I do. So, um, 9 PM because that's when most y'all actually pop on. I've tried 7 PM, I've tried 8 PM, got a couple people but not a lot. Tonight, as always, I have more than normal, or more than normal, my numbers are bigger. Anyway, anywho, so what are we going to talk about tonight? G-Webs asked about where can we get good suicide numbers, and one of the places is CDC. Another place is afsp.org, which is the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Um, so that is another place that we can go. And ready, we will go there now. Oh, except I have to actually click the share screen thing and then we can go there. All right, so American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, we like these guys. These guys are not pro or anti-2A, they are 100% neutral. They are happy to help all people. This is who NSSF pairs with. So I guess maybe they're not necessarily neutral, they're more on our side. But, um, here we go. Suicide's 12th leading cause of death in the US. 45,000, almost 46,000 people died, um, in 2020. I will tell you that the CDC says that suicide is up 30% since 2000. So in the past 20 years, suicide— death by suicide have grown 30%. Now the really horrible thing about this number is that the amount of teens and preteens that are currently dying this way has also been on a significant uptick since 2013 when I started looking at the stats. So, um, I suppose sort of the good news: 1.2 million attempts, right? So it could be way worse. Obviously our goal is to make it way better. So there we have it. There are suicide stats from somewhere besides CDC because, uh, like I said, G-Webs was asking for that earlier today. Um, with all the stats, you can always dig down more and find out where the information came from. Uh, it's hard to follow this stuff sometimes. And now my, my thing is stuck. So, um, once you get into it, of course, like anything else, you can dig further and find out, okay, well, how are they finding this? So we know also The rate of suicide is highest in middle-aged white men. The thing that they didn't put there, which I'm surprised about, is that, um, you know, this is where— these are our veterans. Not all of them, but we know a good percentage of these folks are, uh, are veterans. So we can target where these people are dying and try to help them. It is a man thing. 3, almost 4, 4 times more than women, and 130 suicides a day. I know we talk about that 22, like the, the foundation that Bridget is giving to, we think of 22 veteran suicides a day, but 130 through suicides a day. So that means today there's 130 less people because they felt that their life was not worth it and the only way out was to die. So these are from pretty sobering things. So, uh, I am going to come back to Connecticut a little bit. One of the things that Connecticut is trying to do is call gun violence a health crisis, and considering that 60% of their numbers for gun violence are suicide I did point them back to this. Um, so that being said, firearms are still the highest percentage of how people successfully commit suicide. There are lots of other ways that people do it, but unfortunately firearms are number one as far as percentage. And there was a pie graph somewhere, I just don't know where it is. Um, And I will drop this for you all because I don't know that, uh, DJ's that fast. Oh wait, no, he already got it there, but I'm dropping a different one. And also, DJ drops them and they're on YouTube, so those of you on Facebook, you gotta go to my YouTube channel. Okie dokie. Um, I just took myself away. I didn't mean to. All right, there you have it. I'm done. Need anything else tonight? So, all right, so let's see who did I get to G2, 3. DJ's gonna drop it. Andrew, that's a 100,000, but double that cross number for it. Oh yeah, yeah, so, um All right, let's talk about this a little bit because again, unfortunately, today is kind of going to be Connecticut-centric due to the fact that the bill that our legislators are actually looking to, uh, pass in Connecticut is talking about— what the heck is it called? Um, care, mental health care after gun violence. The survivors of gun violence need mental health care, and so PTSD is part of after violence. It doesn't have to be gun violence, but I'm just reading the actual stats. Oh, refugees will have PTSD and they'll have it in another language, so that's definitely going to be a challenge at the very least. Um, I don't know how to deal with it. We can't deal with the amount of mental health problems we have in America as it is. Uh, in my research today, looking at our legislation that's coming forward on Monday in front of the Public Health Committee, one of the things I was looking at is the Department of Justice. I think— look at my notes— yeah, U.S. Department of Justice has awarded over $400 million to, uh, violence prevention programs and things that have been proven to work. And if you followed the Walk the Talk America with Jake interview I did two Wednesdays ago, maybe three Wednesdays ago, mental health crisis is a big problem because even if everyone who needed it went for it, there's not enough therapists and doctors to take care of them. So there is that problem as well. So PTSD is a big deal. Um, I know it probably gets thrown around, and veterans or people who've actually been to war are the ones who think that they are the only ones who have it. Maybe. I don't know how it all works. But then, uh, violence survivors also have it, and, and it's just mental health in general. We need to learn better how to deal with crap that goes on. Uh, today in the thing I did on Connecticut's legislative process earlier today, I kind of talked about how after the violence has occurred, you don't know how it's going to affect you until it affects you. Um, so I'm kind of, uh, definitely a bit of around them all over the place today. I'm also losing my voice, so this might actually be way shorter than— all right, so what did G Webb say? In my opinion, if firearms account for more than 50% of suicides and they do not address the stress of unjust firearms laws, then they are tone deaf to exploiting the system. Yeah, and the fact that just in general Um, the fact that they never mentioned that the violence, uh, gun violence, 60— over 60% of that is suicide. And if they took that suicide number out, all of a sudden they would be able to put quite so many pairs of shoe— baby shoes on the front lawn of the, uh, the White House. CNT. Wow, what is that? I don't even know what that is. WizQuarz compare causes state for fatal injury data visualization tool from CDC. All right, so seriously, if you can send me a link or send it to DJ, um, and DJ's got G23s up there, so y'all can check that out. I will check that out after this. And what else? Oh, he got to talk with Mike. Cool. Mike is fun. He doesn't go to Antarctica though like Jake does, but it's okay. Uh, great, Star Shooting School is worthy project for that funding. Oh yeah, well, I mean, and here's the thing, what do I need money for? Make more stuff up like that, maybe, uh, pay for my web stuff and my software. Other than that, I'm happy to donate my time, I gotta say. But thank you. And like I said, 2A supporting 2A is always bonus. I had the pleasure of giving away a pair of— a set of cards today because we were waiting to get our approval for a gun that my husband bought. And so I literally sat there playing cards with the Inventors Pack that you have on your site, and one of the girls liked it, so I gave her that because you were gracious enough to send me a whole bunch of packs. So I just keep spreading the love. So that's what we got to do. So, all righty, God bless you all for checking in this evening. Uh, hi Mike, did I even put your thing up or did I just read it? I don't even know. All right, so wait, hi Christine, I think I missed some. Um, and, uh, where's Mike's? Because I think I missed Mike's too. Keep your powder dry and everything will be okay, right? And actually have this conversation with people when we talk about Cooper's Laws because we talk about how many random gun safety sayings there were before that got condensed. And I'm sure all of y'all can give me more information on that. So what is tonight's, uh, thing? Random, because I had a plan and I lost the plan. And that's okay, because most of us have a plan in life and God laughs hysterically at us because we think we're in charge. One of the most powerful things you can do for yourself is let go and let stuff happen, because people will ask questions, you know, wherever you happen to be, um, to help keep you on track. What else? 120 people died today, or did we say 130? Hold on, I don't even know. 130 people died today from suicide. 130. That's like bigger than my high school practically. We had like 230 girls, 9th through 12th, a small school. But it's like 130 people died from suicide today. So if we have a health crisis on our hands here in Connecticut or across the country Suicide prevention, mental health has got to become number one. We have to talk about it, we have to do something about it, and doing something about it is talking about it. At least that's what y'all keep telling me because I just keep talking about this stuff. But to save lives, we have to let people know they can talk about it, to know that people will— can relate. I mean, the, uh, the statistics are staggering. Our, our uncomfortableness of wanting to talk about that has really got to get kicked to the curb because we can't ignore something and hope it will go away. Being an ostrich and sticking your head in the sand is not going to make it go away. People are still going to die. And the fact that our younger people are dying, even worse to me is that I was suicidal as a teen. I could have very easily been that statistic of those— and preteens, preteens, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8-year-olds are committing suicide. Think about that for a second. So there you have it. Merry Saturday night. Uh, apparently GT3, 130 is a lot of people. Half the town of where he lives. I know in Wyoming it'd be 10 times the size of the town. Oh, all right. If a person in a place so dark they are thinking about taking their own life, they need to know that they can talk to others and not be looked down on or blown off. Right, that sounds awesome. Um, and yeah, and the only way they're gonna know is if you bring that up to them. Uh, like I've had the conversation with y'all before, I've gone to funerals where someone committed suicide and be like, but I was there, all they need to do is reach out. Read that first part. In a place so dark, they're thinking about taking their own life. If I am so self-absorbed that I think the only way out is dying— like I said, my personal thing was that I was not worthy of the air that I was breathing. If the world would be a better place if I was not here, no one would miss me. That was my dark place, and all I wanted, all I wanted was for someone to reach out to me and let me know that I was worthy. I was not in a place where I could reach out. I wanted someone to come save me. On the plus side, no one came to save me. I did end up saving myself, but I know what that 13-year-old wanted. I know what that 14-year-old wanted. I wanted someone to come save me. And now I am 51 and I still want people to come save me. I'm not gonna lie, it's kind of nice, um, because, you know, you got friends like— oops, wrong one. I mean, sorry, not that DJ's not the wrong one. Um, Gina, who will stand by my side, and if I ever needed anything, I know that I can call her. Uh, PN Woods, who works with kids. 8-year-old student tried to kill himself. For real. Um, we can't save everyone, but we should try hard to save some more. Uh, Jake, when we were talking about this, it's like, you can't prevent every single death. We're not immortal. Accidents are going to happen. People are going to find ways. And, um, I don't know, trying to keep up with the, the stuff. Um, kids online bullying each other is huge, huge, huge. Because when I was getting bullied, I got a break from it. I would get home from school and I could go bury myself in my book, and then I could be in Narnia instead of getting bullied in school. Because of social media, because of the way that our lives currently are all plugged into everything 24/7, kids are getting bullied at home alone in their bedrooms via social media. So, and yes, my darling Tina will always be here for me. Never know where she is, but she'll be here for me. Uh, she's one of the more well-traveled friends of my own that I know. So, wow, that's, uh, that's quite the story. Maybe G23, I gotta get you on here too. Um, I've got Michael Sodini coming on next month, I think, because I had, uh, Hold My Guns this month. Um, I think I've got Sodini— that's Michael Sodini, what am I saying that for? Um, this guy John is supposed to be coming on next month, but maybe GT3, we will get you on here just because it's always good to hear other survival stories. And like Walk the Talk America was talking about, I don't know if Mike talked about it in yours, but you know, they had a guy who shot himself in the head and still lived. And so, um, yeah, there's that too. The joys of social media. So, Outreach Lady preach. I'm just clicking on stuff, I'm not even pre-reading. It's probably not the best, but okay. Um, Yeah, um, as far as new parent— it's new to parents who let it happen. Going on, parents will know what's up and ways to prevent it. Uh, yes and no. Uh, I was just talking— I was just dropping off some school supplies to one of the art teachers, and we were just discussing. It's like a lot of parents are very, very far away and very detached in that they work all day, they come home tired, their kid's been sitting in an empty house, nobody wants to do any more work, and they try to be their buddy versus their parent. So they may or may not actually be checking up. Um, GG3, thanks for sharing, right? Um, oh, Guy that Comments, I should definitely read that before I click on this. Um, Past suicide rates being lower, but they were— oh well, yeah, so you're not wrong. Uh, one of the things that's changing about suicide and how it's registered is that— I think I've all told you this before— my plan was to make it look like an accident, and my accident was I was going to put little, uh, I'm going to take something sharp and put almost holes in my tire so that I was going to go really fast until my tire blew out, and that was going to be the end of that. But it would look like an accident. Nobody would know that I had committed suicide. However, one of the things that they're changing— it's not even, even properly recorded or ruled as accidents. It's that they keep changing the bar as far as they keep changing what stuff is. So when cops come across car accidents that are single-car accidents and there are no brake— there's no skid marks, like it wasn't a swerve, it wasn't a try to avoid something, they're just like straight into a tree— they are starting to register those as suicide by car. So some stuff does change over time. Uh, at the other time, because the other thing that sticks in my head is, uh, the FBI stats of mass shootings. At one point it was 4 or more, and then somewhere in the teens of 2000 they changed it to 3 or more. So it looked like there was a bump in mass shootings when in actuality they were changing what they recorded. So Being aware of how stuff is recorded is definitely really good when you're looking at statistics. Um, yeah, PN Woods, most parents are not tuned in and they're, they're— it's hard. It's hard being a parent now. It's hard being a kid now. There are no easy answers. Um, young girls usually ACR or nor out. Internalizers versus externalized. All right, I don't know what ACR is, in or out, so explain. If it weren't for guns and getting into politics, I could have given two hecks about suicide rates. Yeah, I understand. If it weren't for guns, I certainly never would have been in pol— into politics, but guns are actually what got me into freedom and understanding what the Second Amendment means. Um, but it took me years to get there. And that's why I've talked with a lot of you guys about this before, is like, I don't go beating my chest about the Second Amendment because I know how long it took me to learn and understand what that meant. Whereas if we're going to talk about suicide prevention, violence prevention, that's something everyone can wrap their brain around. And whether they're gun owners or not, they should be interested in that. So, um, Wait, uh, the left has to change the terms to fit the narrative they want to push. They did that over a year ago with the definition of what makes something a hate crime. Yeah, yeah, I mean, our world is going crazy. Everything is changing way too fast, without a doubt. Um, and G-Webs, a law on tires would stop that. I'm not sure which thing. Um, I think I missed something, so All right, so boys in general, external behaviors, act out. Gotcha. Girls, yes, we shut up and push it down. And it's one of the reasons why I think, uh, women, in my opinion, tend to be more vicious than men, in that guys will go out and punch somebody in the face and be like, okay, you won, have a nice day, and continue on. Some will hold grudges, but not as many. Women, oh, we are good at holding grudges. Uh, we will remember that you did not open the door for us 5 years ago when I don't know what. But, um, all right, Pianowoods, girls act in internalized behaviors in general. Yes, we do, and we keep it stuffed in there really well. So I thank you all for joining me on this lovely Saturday night. Oh, and G-Webs got another question. Uh, the answer is no, I do not know who Jennifer Stuber is. Um, why, G-Webs? Tell me why I should know these things, or why someone should tell me. Um, so, oh, tomorrow I might be popping on for another extra live thing, um, just because in the public health bill, one of the things they're talking about is dementia special care units and Alzheimer's. So tomorrow afternoon, if you see me pop on live around 2 or 3, um, because the deadline to sign up to talk on Monday for our legislative session is 3 PM, so I'm trying to get this done earlier, but, um, There's lots of stuff— mental health, Alzheimer's, dementia. There's so many things we need to pay attention to, but this is Suicide Prevention Saturday. So suicide prevention really is mental health care, just like addiction prevention really is mental health care. You and I need more tools to deal with the stress in our lives and to be able to let go of the crap in our lives. And be thankful for the stuff that we do have. I personally am thankful for all of you for tuning in on this Saturday and letting me ramble on for an old extra half an hour. Um, oh my goodness, and I get lost. I really need someone to just read these for me. Yeah, so as far as that goes, I don't know. I mean, my thought initially is that women, we like to beat ourselves up. Not that guys don't, but to harm ourselves versus harming someone else. I think it might be the mothering thing a little bit. All right. So back to gun websites. Um, so Professor Jennifer Struber, um, first person got me interested in suicide awareness in regards to 2A and how they use it against us at a gun rights policy conference in Dallas. Ah, yes. Cool. All right, I'll check her out. All right, 20 minutes in, 29 minutes in, almost 30 minutes. That's as much as I did my earlier live. So Saturday night's supposed to be shorter, guys. You ask too many questions and talk to me too much, and I will just keep going and going and going. I appreciate you though. Um, all right, I think that's it. I think I'm really done. I think I'm really ready to go to bed, and it's been a lovely day here in Connecticut. Other than getting our legislative alert, letting us know that we have to fight more anti-gun legislation that is put in the sheep's clothing of gun violence prevention, when we should be working on violence prevention as a community and not split into pro-gun and anti-gun. So Dave. Oh, goodness gracious, I keep— you guys pop stuff up. You are welcome, David. I am thankful that you are here watching. Uh, DJ, yes, you are welcome for the double live. Yes, G-Web, stop asking so I can actually not feel like I left somebody out. Um, oh, let's see. Example: boy gets 10 office referrals in a year, they're on track for academic social failure. It's 2 for girls. Yeah, we are definitely, uh, a different breed. There are differences between boys and girls, even if the next Justice— never mind, I'm not gonna go there. Um, anyway, all right, for real, peace out, love y'all, see you next week. If you missed anything, by all means, uh, just go ahead and watch the replay. And thanks again for checking in. Share, by all means share, comment below, because I don't know where all these kind comments go, but I never get to see them after I end this. So good night all, have a lovely rest of your weekend, see you next Saturday, and maybe, maybe there's a bonus session tomorrow afternoon. Not promising, but possibly. All right, good night all.