Suicide Prevention Saturday...

All right, I am live because it says so. Ah, yeah. So I don't know if DJ and PN Woods are still here because that was it like 8:30 when I didn't mean to go live, but apparently I went live, um, because I hit the wrong thing. Oh hey, I forgot to silence my phones before we got started tonight. I'm guessing it's telling me that, oh, it should be Suicide Prevention Saturday. No, that is silenced. Okay, hold please. Oh, and I have to start right at 9 because otherwise Facebook is cranky. Um, hold please. Not that I know. Yes, it really was letting me know that I'm live now. So smart. So hi everyone, um, replay viewers, etc. So, um, it is Saturday night, 9 PM, as suggested always. And now I have children coming downstairs. So hello, child. Um, all right, suicide prevention. Sound is good. Yay. Yes, as you can see, I'm not in the office today. I am here in my living room. That's one of the artworks from one of my children. I'm not sure which one. Probably the sun child. The sun child, my boy child. There we go. All right, so DJ, I don't know if you notice, if you're on YouTube, there should be a little wrench next to you because I think I finally made you moderator or whatever that is. So, um, Suicide Prevention Saturday, because as gun owners, we want to make sure that people understand that 2 out of every 3 gun deaths they hear about in the news are suicides. And if we're really trying to save lives, we which— ask every gun control advocate there is out there, they will say they're trying to save lives. Then ask them why they aren't focusing on mental health and suicide prevention, because that is 66% of our problem. So give me just one second. All right, so Um, Saturday night. I was gonna say it's Friday night. So title of this is Suit Up for Saturday, and what have you done to take care of yourself lately? I'm leaving tomorrow for vacation with my family, so, um, that should be good and fun and exciting. What else have you done for yourself lately? It could be simple like meditation, um, a deep breath, taking time for yourself and realizing that that's okay too. And what else is there? I keep forgetting to look on— I have a video I want to share with you guys from the DC Project because, um, well, because it's from the DC Project and they just shared it out today. It's actually on— I don't know where it is. Sorry, my bad. Um, I thought I had these all set up. Oh yeah, remember how you like try to find and make smiles? Yes, isn't that funny? I mean, that you can find people smiling, or you can see— you find lots of people like not so much smiling. However, when you smile at them, very often they will smile back at you. So that is always a good one to do. I'm sorry, I forgot about the banner. Um, because ta-da! What's this about? Suicide prevention. If you are in crisis for any reason, call 211. They will hook you up with someone to talk to who will help you find whatever services you happen to need. So, um, I'm trying to remember to put that on each time. All right, so Peanut— now, now, PN Woods teaching people to stop and breathe. Now you work with kids, right? I think, if I remember correctly. I don't remember for sure, but I know you've told me. So DJ, the DC Project info is where you go to join DC Project, but I think it's on their YouTube channel is the newest one that dropped that is— has Mary, who is my assistant director here in Connecticut, talking about how gun control laws tend to kill, not save lives. One of the things she talks about in the video— it's a short video, it's not really that long. Let's see if I can grab the link here real quick and drop it here for everybody. All right, there we go. So the newest video from them talks about how like safe storage laws don't work, how, um— oh my gosh, sorry, I'm such an airhead tonight— um, how safe storage laws don't work. And Mary talks about how she was being attacked, and if she had to have her gun locked up, she would never have been able to save her life or her daughter's. Another girl talks about, um, how the laws that they have, they don't actually use and enforce the laws that have to do with, um, with guns. All the, all the laws that they want, not so much. So behaviors— hold on a second. All right, so PN Woods got to teaching people to stop and breathe. I asked him if he worked with kids, and apparently today He did the barista today. She was having a bad day. Um, let's see. DJ, uh, seeing someone smiling with their eyes and raised cheeks. Yeah, sadly a lot of people are masked still, um, although, you know, all of a sudden that's going to come to an end just because. And as far as PN Woods, yes, he works with kids, but specifically with behavior behavior disorders. Hold on, I'm trying to get caught up because Rose says mental health and illegal guns are the problem. Unfortunately, sued for it doesn't work when you're in that frame of mind. Nothing stops you, gun or no gun, right? But the idea is by paying attention to suicide prevention, or at least suicide awareness, that just like Jake said actually on the interview we had last 2 weeks ago now. Um, you can't stop all the suicides. The idea is though to at least minimize or lower the numbers. So raising awareness, letting people talk about suicide prevention, understanding mental health is super important, especially currently in our crazy state of mind where everyone is so divisive and split apart. Well, we believe this, so I can't talk to you. Nope, we're we believe this, so I can't talk to you. This kind of left-right— not trying to get into politics, but there is no simple answer for everything. If someone is determined on suicide, yes, chances are they will follow through. However, um, yes, you're not going to lower numbers with gun control. You will lower numbers with mental health awareness though, and resources for people. I know that in this legislative session here in Connecticut that a lot of our, um, legislators are actually going to be putting forth mental health, uh, reforms, you know, making it more available, increasing the budget. Um, sorry, um, that there's going to be a lot of discussion because crime is on the rise as well here in Connecticut. And, um, the governor is suggesting that we throw more money at it as far as hire more cops and put more money towards the budgets of finding illegal guns and that sort of thing, which sounds great except for last year they put a thing through making cops liable, personally liable, for doing their jobs. So it's really hard to find cops even if you throw more money at it. So, um, we have lots of issues. Clover saying left, right, goodness, we have 9mm and.45 ACP issues. Yes, no one can agree on anything. Some people believe one type is better than the other. My students actually today were asking me, like, Brooke, what's a— what's the best gun for me? And I'm like, the one that you like to shoot the most and are most comfortable with. And that's never the question— the answer they want, because we all like the idea of here, here you go, this is the right one for you. You don't have to figure it out. So my students come back so they can learn and figure out what they want to learn on. Uh, I'm a big fan of 22, not gonna lie, for learning, it's awesome. So, um, so DJ, I'm not exactly sure, but my friends who are cops here in Connecticut basically can get sued directly and personally. So I don't know if that's what qualified immunity for police is, because I'm not a lawyer. I don't follow all this stuff. I just know that either last year or the year before, you know, when the whole defund the police thing was really big and loud, they basically made it so the cops are just going to be personally liable even though they're able to do um, even though they're on the job doing their job, they can lose everything for themselves as well. Well then, let me get caught up. Best gun for you, easy answer, whatever is the best gun for you. Well, yes, but my poor beginners have no idea what that is because they haven't shot enough and they haven't handled the gun yet, and they, um, you know, don't even know what calibers they like. They don't know if they want a revolver or a semi-automatic. It is, it is all challenging. So, all right, Suicide Prevention Saturday. 2 out of every 3 gun deaths are a suicide, not gun violence. Um, when Jake was on here a couple weeks ago, we talked about that as well, is that it seems very, very dishonest to call it gun violence when in actuality 66% of it is mental health problems. So you guys, my faithful followers and listeners and watchers, uh, can help spread the news that, you know, 2 out of 3 is a big deal. Um, and DJ is throwing up— what is it? DC Project Foundation. Oh, do they have that, uh, new one there too? And then Jake, who I keep talking about, is from walkthetalkamerica.org. They are also trying to bridge the gap so that people with guns are not afraid of losing their guns by going and getting help and be able to talk to each other. Um, when Rose is sharing, I had mental health issues— well, I don't know about you, but I know my thing is definitely we all have mental health issues. They ebb and flow. Sometimes they're really difficult and other times they are not so difficult. Um, part of my story is, which you probably already know this though, Rose, was like, you know, I was suicidal as a teen. And you're right, I need a gun to commit suicide. My plan was suicide by car because I was 16 and I knew how to make it look like an accident. And, uh, it wasn't until I was 19 that I got into counseling, and the counselor's like, yes, it's not okay that you have a plan on how to kill yourself. But for me, I thought forever that I had a plan, but because I didn't do anything about it, it wasn't really that big a deal because it was just my normal— it just was what it was. All right, local police here are pretty awesome with alleged mental health stuff. They go out of the way to involve family and friends and not the state, right? Well, so actually we're talking about this too the other day. Local police need another special type of, um, mental health as well. So it's like, it's cool that the, the police involve the family and friends and that sort of thing versus trying to get government involved. But in Clover Tack— where are you? You're on the West Coast somewhere, I think, but I have no idea because, uh, Barbecue's the only one I know who's in Pennsylvania. Everybody else is just a name on YouTube. But we're talking about like psychologists and psychoanalysts have their own set of special people that they go to, um, and, uh, police, EMTs, ambulance. I'm trying to think who else are like the frontline people. Like, they also, um, they also need to be able to open the doors because when you're a police officer, a fireman, EMT, you're expected to take care of everybody when they're in crisis, and there's not a lot of specialty, um, for, for them to go and get mental health because you're dealing with trauma all the time. No, not bartenders. Um, but yeah, no. So EMTs, firefighters— firefighters was the one that I thought I missed, not, not bartenders. Um, and apparently everyone's gonna tell that, uh, Clover Tack is in Texas. So yeah, it's far, far enough away from here. Um, and DJ, yes, wellness issues, physical, mental, and emotional, we all have to deal with them on a regular basis. I am currently frustrated, annoyed, slightly distressed over being on crutches for the past— since November. So November, December, January, February. And it's hard, and that's part of my physical problems are causing mental problems, because then the emotional part is the frustration of not being able to do all the things I want to do. And we're very spoiled. We all like to get the stuff done that we want to get done. Um, and you know, everyone's like, well, you have children. I'm like, yes, they're 14 and 15. You can't necessarily get them to do everything all the time, but they're pretty good. All right, that's it. I said 15 minutes, it's now 9:14. Um, and yes, all three are interdependent. If your health sucks physically, your mental health is going to be challenged. Um, and emotional health feeds off of these. Now, there are tons of amazing studies out there right now what you put in here, uh, in your mouth. They're saying your gut, like the food you eat, is truly your emotional, um, your emotional centerpiece. And if I can find at least one of those studies, I will put it in the comments or in the description on Facebook, down below if it's on YouTube, because it talks about the mind-body connection and the emotion stuff and how your gut is a lot of your health these days. So that is it. 15 minutes. I am so needing to go pack because we're leaving tomorrow. Yay! Um, so anyway, thank you all for checking in this weekend. You're welcome, DJ. And, uh, I'm it. I'm out. Have a lovely weekend. Um, some more bacon, maybe. Probably not though. Oh, sorry, for those of you on Facebook who can't see the YouTube content comments, There it is. Not that I think— bacon is always something good though. All right, good night everybody. Have a good rest of your weekend.