Good Afternoon,
I hope this email finds you well. The Massachusetts Governor's Challenge to Prevent Suicide Among Service Members, Veterans, and their Families has been working on several initiatives. One of which included a survey that was sent to all of our Basic Firearms Safety Instructors community in August of 2022, where over 1,000 of you participated. Since suicide is the leading cause of death from a firearm, one initiative is preparing firearm instructors to cover suicide prevention in their classes. We want to thank you for helping us to create materials to discuss suicide prevention in your Basic Firearm Safety Courses and the Hunter Safety courses.
The Massachusetts State Police has been lucky enough to be part of this working group who created these materials. We encourage you to attend a meeting to discuss the materials available and how to include suicide prevention as part of your ongoing courses. We want to thank you in advance for your support in bringing this material to the firearms community.
We have provided multiple dates and times for your convenience, please select one of the training times below and register. All the trainings will be held virtually.
Saturday 3/16 – 9am- 10am :
https://cvent.me/W8NkMy
Tuesday 3/19- 6:00pm- 7:00pm :
https://cvent.me/mN4XOB
Friday 3/22 12:00pm- 1:00pm :
https://cvent.me/NeqvPY
If you have any questions and/or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Kristin M. Ryan
Firearms Licensing
Massachusetts State Police
470 Worcester Road
Framingham, MA 01702
508-820-2299
[email protected]
