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"Stop Freak'n Shooting yoUrSelf America"


Below are resources to help you and those you care about find greater strength, resilience, and wellbeing when faced with life's challenges. 

Telling Others

Having thoughts of suicide? Tell a friend or call 988.

- Who can I call?​

- What can I say?​

- What if I'm a burden?​

- What if they don't help?

Strategic Storage

Develop a strategy to protect yourself and others.

- Would a gun safe or gun lock be helpful right now?​

- What if I still need quick access to my firearms?​

- What are new technologies that increase safety without limiting my ability to protect?

- What other lethal things should be stored in a safer way in my home?

Coping

Become more aware of how you are coping with life and how you can cope differently.

- What are my personal warning signs and triggers?

- How can I get grounded in the physical here and now?

- How can I make my coping more constructive rather than destructive?

- How can I get better sleep?

CRAPrs

Use your CRAPrs to help you get through the crap of life.

- Community

- Reasons for living

- Alerts

- Professional help

Next Steps

You get up or around a mountain one step at a time. Figure out your next step.

- How do I break down the problem into things that can be fixed?

- How can I build possible solutions?

- What can I do today? What can I do this week?

- What do I do when I fail or fall short?

Treatments

There are treatments that actually help.

- Suicide prevention therapy

- Trauma therapy

- Pain management

- Help with sleeping

- New and developing treatments and technologies

- I need help finding treatment.

Community Resources

There are so many resources in the community, but these may take time to access. Start today.

- Find resources near you at FindHelp.org​

Helping Friends with Thoughts of Suicide

We need each other. You can make a difference for good.

- Learn what to say and what not to say at the OverwatchProject.org

- Here's a resource for helping veterans and others and it has simulations where you can practice: Hometeam-app

Supporting the Cause

More people need to know how to help stop firearm suicide in the USA.

- Use our SFSUSA.org shooting targets at the shooting range.
- Start a SFSUSA shooting group at your local shooting range. 

- Share our website with friends and family online.

There is a lot of information to take in...

Choose at least one thing to learn and do today, then subscribe to keep learning in the days ahead.

SFSUSA is pro2A with a mission to prevent suicide by connecting firearm owners to technology, resources, education, and support in their time of need.

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Firearm owners are strong, tough, and resilient. Our vision is of a stronger firearm community in the USA, where firearm owners can find solutions to their struggles while maintaining and enriching their reasons for living.

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