Research indicates a quarter of suicides occur within the first five minutes of an individual’s decision to take his or her life. In the Air Force, personally-owned firearms are used in 70% of suicide attempts. So in many cases, just five minutes can mean the difference between life and death. That’s why during September – Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – the Air Force is introducing a new approach to suicide prevention called Time-Based Prevention – to focus on the “means” of suicide, as well as the “why.” Suicide attempts with a firearm are 90% lethal. Safely stored firearms, or firearms safely removed from the home and stored securely, require deliberate access actions to operate, creating a barrier and assisting in the prevention of suicide attempts using firearms. Time-based Prevention efforts are not intended to limit or prohibit the legal ownership or use of firearms for individuals.
| Date Taken: | 08.20.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 09.17.2019 16:42 |
| Category: | PSA |
| Video ID: | 709256 |
| VIRIN: | 190916-F-F3225-1030 |
| Filename: | DOD_107228315 |
| Length: | 00:01:52 |
| Location: | US |
| Downloads: | 24 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 24 |
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