While participating in a Zoom conference with other members of the New Hampshire Firearms Safety Coalition, of which I’ve been a proud member for a quarter century or so, I was reminded that I have not addressed here a topic NHFSC has strongly and successfully focused upon: suicide prevention.
The organization was founded by the late, great Elaine Frank, seen in our lead photo, when she led the Injury Prevention Center in Hanover, NH. This, thanks to Elaine, is the only organization I’ve ever seen which successfully brought together the warring factions of a major sociological debate to work for a positive common cause. NHFSC has included pro-gun and anti-gun activists along with neutral experts in the fields of public safety, injury prevention, and suicide prevention. I offer here an article on suicide prevention that I wrote several years ago for Backwoods Home magazine.
NHFSC’s approach has been widely copied in other states. It has saved lives. You can find more info on NHFSC on their website.