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Colorado Gun Shops Work Together To Prevent Suicides 

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The debate over guns divides many Americans. But in Colorado, there is a new push to sidestep the political fights and find common ground on one thing - guns and suicide. John Daley reports.

JOHN DALEY, BYLINE²: It's ladies night at the Centennial Gun Club in a suburb outside Denver. More than 80 women are here to get some safety instruction.

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: So when you put your finger on the trigger, you'll see that.

DALEY: And take target practice.

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DALEY: As they rotate through the club's range, they also hear a sobering presentation from emergency doctor Emmy Betz. She's part of a collaboration³ between gun shops and public health leaders to help prevent suicide.

EMMY BETZ: If you have been touched by suicide somehow, if you could raise your hand.

DALEY: About half the hands go up. Colorado has the nation's seventh-highest suicide rate. In a typical year, more than half involve guns. Researchers suggest suicide is often an impulsive⁴ act. And Betz says attempts are much more likely to be lethal⁵ when a gun is accessible.

BETZ: Unfortunately, with firearms typically there's not that second chance.

DALEY: The campaign is called the Colorado Gun Shop Project. During this talk, organizers hand out Life Saver candies. Gun owner Lily Richardson says she thinks the information could do just that - save lives.

LILY RICHARDSON: And I think those who are aware and taking the initiative to talk about it can help make the difference.

DALEY: Brand-new gun owner Nancy Dibiaggio agrees.

NANCY DIBIAGGIO: It's a big issue. And I think it's great that Colorado is jumping on the wagon⁶ with this.

DALEY: This is one of 46 Colorado gun shops that have joined the effort. Dick Abramson is this store's owner.

DICK ABRAMSON: The difficulty is it's not a topic that people want to just bring up and talk about over the cocktail⁷ table, right?

DALEY: He says his store has refused to sell a gun to someone they're concerned about or feel is having an especially bad day.

ABRAMSON: My honest feeling is this is a nonpartisan issue. This is something that everybody can get behind. It should be a universal concern of everyone.

DALEY: In another Denver suburb, the Bristlecone Shooting, Training, and Retail⁸ Center is also part of the project.

UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Shooters, are you ready?

DALEY: In its range, shooters take target practice at bowling⁹ pins lined up on the far wall.

UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Fire.

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DALEY: In the shop showroom, store owner Jacquelyn Clark shows off literature they're putting on display.

JACQUELYN CLARK: That talks about suicide prevention and what to do if you know somebody or you yourself are in crisis.

DALEY: A poster reads gun owners can help. Under a photo of a lone¹⁰ elk¹¹ in the mountains, it lists signs someone may be suicidal and a phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Clark says most people don't realize that the majority of gun deaths are not homicides, but suicides.

CLARK: The gun community itself is more at risk than the regular community, not because gun owners tend to have more mental health issues but just because they have more access.

DALEY: Access to firearms. Jarrod Hindman is the head of suicide prevention for the state. He appreciates that local gun advocates are taking the lead.

JARROD HINDMAN: This is their project. We're just helping¹² facilitate the process.

DALEY: More than 500 Coloradans took their own lives with a firearm in 2014, says Hindman. But talking about the role of guns is hard.

HINDMAN: Obviously this is a very contentious¹³ topic, and we've found a way to find middle ground.

DALEY: And now a large trade association for the firearms industry, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, is teaming up with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. They're developing a suicide prevention campaign for the gun group's 13,000 members. Their goal is to reduce the suicide rate by 20 percent in the next decade. For NPR News, I'm John Daley in Denver.

SHAPIRO: That story is part of a reporting partnership¹⁴ of NPR, Colorado Public Radio and Kaiser Health News.

1 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。

4 impulsive   

adj.冲动的，刺激的；有推动力的

参考例句：

• She is impulsive in her actions.她的行为常出于冲动。
• He was neither an impulsive nor an emotional man,but a very honest and sincere one.他不是个一冲动就鲁莽行事的人，也不多愁善感.他为人十分正直、诚恳。

5 lethal   

adj.致死的；毁灭性的

参考例句：

• A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
• She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。

6 wagon   

n.四轮马车，手推车，面包车；无盖运货列车

参考例句：

• We have to fork the hay into the wagon.我们得把干草用叉子挑进马车里去。
• The muddy road bemired the wagon.马车陷入了泥泞的道路。

7 cocktail   

n.鸡尾酒；餐前开胃小吃；混合物

参考例句：

• We invited some foreign friends for a cocktail party.我们邀请了一些外国朋友参加鸡尾酒会。
• At a cocktail party in Hollywood,I was introduced to Charlie Chaplin.在好莱坞的一次鸡尾酒会上，人家把我介绍给查理·卓别林。

8 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

9 bowling   

n.保龄球运动

参考例句：

• Bowling is a popular sport with young and old.保龄球是老少都爱的运动。
• Which sport do you 1ike most,golf or bowling?你最喜欢什么运动，高尔夫还是保龄球？

10 lone   

adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的

参考例句：

• A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
• She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。

11 elk   

n.麋鹿

参考例句：

• I was close enough to the elk to hear its labored breathing.我离那头麋鹿非常近，能听见它吃力的呼吸声。
• The refuge contains the largest wintering population of elk in the world.这座庇护所有着世界上数量最大的冬季麋鹿群。

12 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

13 contentious   

adj.好辩的，善争吵的

参考例句：

• She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
• Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。

14 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。