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Better life. >>> WELCOME BACK TO "VELSHI &
RUHLE."
RUHLE." WALMART IS DECIDING THE TAKE
BACK SOME FORM OF REACTION.
THEY ANNOUNCED TO REMOVE VIOLENT
VIDEO GAME DISPLAYS.
THIS ACTION DOES NOT REFLECT A
LONG-TERM CHAIN IN OUR VIDEO
GAME ASSORTMENTS.
GAME ASSORTMENTS. SOME ARGUED VIDEO GAMES OF
VIOLENT BEHAVIOR LIKE MASS
SHOOTINGS, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE
TO BACK IT UP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DID MENTION IT
IN HIS COMMENT EARLIER THIS
WEEK.
WEEK. IT SEEMS STRANGE THAT WALMART
DECIDED TO ACT ON THAT.
WALMART IS THE BIGGEST RETAILER
IN THE WORLD AND WOULD KNOW
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO BACK IT
UP.
UP. NOT EVEN HALF OF GUN RELATED
DEATHS ARE FROM MASS SHOOTINGS.
ACCORDING FROM THE CDC, AN
AVERAGE OF 36,383 DEATHS PER
YEAR, HOMICIDE WERE RESPONSIBLE
OF 35%.
OF 35%. MORE THAN 61% DUE TO SUICIDE.
JOINING ME NOW IS THE PRESIDENT
OF THE TASK FORCE FOR GLOBAL
HEALTH AND FORMER DIRECTOR OF
THE CDC NATIONAL CENTER FOR
INJURIES AND PREVENTION, MARK
ROSENBERG.
ROSENBERG. THIS IS A STAT THAT PEOPLE
REPORT ON GUN VIOLENT
UNDERSTANDS AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU
UNDERSTAND GUN VIOLENCE.
IT SORTS OF GETTING HIDDEN AND
SHUNNED TO THE SIDE THAT IF YOU
REALLY WANT TO REDUCE THE SHEER
MASS OF GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA,
SUICIDES WOULD BE A GOOD
INVESTMENT OF ONE’S TIME TO
FIGURE OUT.
FIGURE OUT. >> YOU HIT IT EXACTLY.
>> LET ME SIMPLIFY THOSE
STATISTICS AND THEY THINK IT
MAKES IT MORE DRAMATIC.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF
DEATHS FROM MASS SHOOTINGS FROM
2000S TO 2019, THERE ARE BY
DIFFERENT ESTIMATES BETWEEN 600
TO 2,000.
TO 2,000. LET’S TAKE THE HIGHEST NUMBER
THERE OF THE 2000S.
2000S FOR MASS SHOOTINGS BY GUNS
FROM SUICIDE, THERE WERE
200,000.
200,000. >> WOW.
>> WOW. >> 100 TIMES AS MANY AS SUICIDES
AS DEATHS FROM MASS SHOOTINGS.
IT IS A BIGGER PART OF THE
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. THAT SUN INTERVENTIONS DIRECTED
AT BOTH OF THESE CAN WORK TO
PREVENT AT MASS SHOOTINGS AND
SUICIDE.
SUICIDE. >> WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
SUICIDE, WHAT’S THE RELATIONSHIP
ABOUT GUNS SAND USUICIDE.
IS OUR SUICIDE RATE IN AMERICA
GREATER THAN SOME POPULATIONS,
DOES THE ACCESS TO GUNS CHANGE
THAT?
THAT? >> IT CHANGES DRAMATICALLY.
OUR GUN SUICIDE RATE IS MUCH
HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER DEVELOPED
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. WE ARE OFF THE CHARTS.
GUNS DON’T MAKE PEOPLE SUICIDAL.
THEY GIVE THEM THE MEANS AND THE
INSTRUMENTS TO COMMIT AND A LOT
OF SUICIDES ARE IMPULSIVE.
A LARGE PERCENT ARE IMPULSIVE.
PEOPLE GET SHOCKED BY SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENS AT WORK OR BY A
BREAK UP OF A RELATIONSHIP OR
SOMETHING AT SCHOOL AND THEY ARE
IMPULSIVE
IMPULSIVE IMPULSIVE.
IMPULSIVE. IF THEY HAVE A WEAPON AT THAT
TIME, THEY WOULD COMMIT SUICIDE.
IF YOU CAN KEEP IT FROM THEM AT
THAT TIME FOR MOST PEOPLE TO
IMPULSE PASSES AND YOU CAN SAVE
THEIR LIVES.
THEIR LIVES. GUNS DON’T MAKE PEOPLE SUICIDAL
BUT THEY GIVER THEM THE MEANS TO
CARRY IT OUT.
IT FEELS LIKE A PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS.
CRISIS. WHAT’S THE BIGGEST ANSWER?
IS THIS ABOUT ANXIETY AND MENTAL
HEALTH?
HEALTH? WHAT DO YOU THINK SOLVE THIS OR
GETS US TOWARDS A BETTER
SOLUTION?
SOLUTION? >> I THINK THE DISCUSSION OF RED
FLAG LAWS AND UNIVERSAL
BACKGROUND CHECKS ARE TAKING US
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE SHOULD REMOVE GUNS FROM
PEOPLE WHO SHOULD NOT HAVE THEM
WITHOUT INFRINGING ON THE RIGHTS
OF LAW-ABIDING GUN OWNERS.
THAT’S THE STRATEGY BEHIND THE
RED FLAG LAWS.
THAT’S THE STRATEGY BEHIND
UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND
IT IS NOT EITHER WE DO THE
SCIENCE AND THE RESEARCH AND THE
POLICY OR KEEP YOUR GUNS BUT IF
WE DO THE RESEARCH RIGHT, WE’LL
FIND THOSE THINGS USING SCIENCE
THAT BOTH KEEP GUNS OUT OF THE
HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO SHOULD NOT
HAVE THEM AND REDUCE GUN
VIOLENCE AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS
OF LAW-ABIDING GUN OWNERS.
IT IS NOT EITHER/OR.
THE SCIENCE CAN HELP US DO BOTH.
>> THIS IS WHAT WE TURN TO YOU
FOR.
FOR. YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME
RESEARCHING THIS.
RESEARCHING THIS. >> CAN I MENTION ONE LAST THING
OF THE RED FLAG LAWS?
>> THESE LAWS LOOK FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE HIGH RISK TO EITHER HARM
THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.
IT TURNS OUT A LOT OF THE
CRITERIA THAT DEFINES PEOPLE WHO
ARE AT RISK AT BEING MASS
SHOOTERS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD
EARLY CHILDHOOD TRAUMA OR PEOPLE
HAVE GONE THROUGH A CRISIS OR
RELATIONSHIP AT WORK.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED
BY THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE
EFFECT OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE
MEANS.
MEANS. THESE FOUR THINGS DEFINE PEOPLE
AT RISK FOR SUICIDE.
IF WE START LOOKING FOR PEOPLE
AT RISK, IF WE GET EVERYONE TO
SEE SOMEONE AND SAY SOMETHING,
BOY, WE MAY HAVE A HUGE IMPACT.
>> YOU CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM OR
GUN DEATH PROBLEM OR YOU MAY
ACTUALLY MAKING A DENT IN
SUICIDE AND DEPRESSION AND
ANXIETY.
ANXIETY. THANK YOU MARK, I ALWAYS
APPRECIATE TALKING TO YOU.
MARK ROSENBERG.
MARK ROSENBERG. IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO NEEDS
HELP, CALL THE NATIONAL SUICIDE