Are Mass Shootings Really A Mental Health Issue or Is It Just a Deflection w/ Mike Sodini | CNP #4

About this video

Colion hosts Mike Sedlak, founder of Walk the Talk America, to discuss Colion’s view that the gun community often stops at calling mass shootings a mental health issue without taking further action. Colion and Mike explore Mike’s nonprofit work funding mental health research and outreach in the firearms community, Mike’s efforts to bridge gun owners and mental health professionals, and both men’s perspectives on reducing stigma around mental health and gun ownership without infringing on Second Amendment rights.

Key takeaways

• Colion argues that saying ‘it’s a mental health issue’ is intellectually lazy unless the gun community takes concrete steps to address mental health and reduce stigma.
• Colion describes Mike’s Walk the Talk America as providing free, anonymous mental health screenings and training mental health professionals about firearms culture to build trust and remove fear of gun confiscation.
• Colion and Mike discuss their belief that red flag laws do more harm than good by discouraging people from seeking help, and they advocate for alternatives like safe storage during crisis and gun-neutral mental health resources.
• Colion emphasizes that firearm suicide claims as many lives daily as a mass shooting, according to Mike’s reported statistics, yet receives far less media attention.

Episode details: published May 26, 2020 · 1:22:09 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Colion Noir’s legal commentary reflects his positions and teaching, attributed to him — it is not legal advice. His defensive-incident breakdowns are his analysis of reported incidents, attributed to him.

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