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The Gun Industry's Suicide Prevention Effort Isn't What They Say It Is
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, a top gun industry trade group, has been using deceptive numbers to tout its suicide awareness efforts.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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A Program Backed By the Gun Industry Failed to Reduce Suicide -- and Was Secretly Shut Down Early
The country’s best-known suicide prevention group teamed up with the gun industry. The effort was good for public relations and raising money, but it never met its goal, and internal records show why
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October 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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5/The suicide prevention group is called American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The gun industry partner is called the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the gun industry's trade group.
October 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
5/The suicide prevention group is called American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The gun industry partner is called the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the gun industry's trade group.
4/Then the program was secretly shut down early, and in a meeting the suicide prevention group’s leader revealed, of the goal, that “It came out of work with a consultant,” and that it “wasn’t a hard and fast goal.” Measures were taken to cover tracks.
October 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
4/Then the program was secretly shut down early, and in a meeting the suicide prevention group’s leader revealed, of the goal, that “It came out of work with a consultant,” and that it “wasn’t a hard and fast goal.” Measures were taken to cover tracks.