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The Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative,
or flippy, as we call it,

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is a program that uses collaboration
and science and evidence based approaches

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to find solutions to prevent firearm
injuries and deaths of all kinds,

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with a specific focus on suicide
in the military.

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It's about how to make the environment
more secure

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and how to create protective environments.

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on military installations
to help, encourage secure firearm storage

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practices.

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We know, unfortunately, that suicide

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remains a leading cause of death
among servicemembers.

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And we know there's a strong link
between firearm access and suicide.

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We've got to be talking
about that intersection with suicide.

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We know that
if a person is in a dark place,

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if they have access to a gun,
it is far more likely that they will die.

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We are trying to promote secure storage
because we know that

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that can be the difference
between life and death.

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Secure firearms
should be part of our normalcy.

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Just like get in the car
and we put on a seatbelt

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So if we can make sure

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that in those moments of crisis
they don't have access to a firearm,

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we can make sure that that firearm
is locked securely or

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and difficult to access,
then we know we can help save a life.

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We really value
making sure that military service members

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voices are at the table,
not only in the design of these studies,

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but also in the implementation,
testing and dissemination

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if it works in a service member community,
it's it's perhaps even more likely

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to work in a civilian community
Now we have the science

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to really get after what the answers are

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and how we can
not only protect our guardians,

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but impact their families,
the communities,

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and the civilian organizations
throughout nation.

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We are proud to be working
with the military health system, as well

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as with military installations
and military communities,

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that have really helped shape our projects
and most importantly, has impacted

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individual strategies
infecting communities.

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Suicide is a sensitive topic,

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and that fire access and firearm
storage is a sensitive topic.

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but it's one we we feel passionate
that we can find solutions to.

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At the end of the day,
we all want the same thing,

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which is we want our families
and our friends to be safe and be healthy.