How bad is it, and what are officials doing about it?
Kristina Latta-Landefeld of Envision Partnerships said Butler County people got the idea from Ohio legislation introduced during the last general assembly that would have required gun shops to provide such information. Envision Partnerships is an organization that works to curb drug and alcohol abuse and promote healthy living.
Rieck said he worked on such materials with Franklin County LOSS (Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors) “that provide some information on suicide in what I would call a gun-friendly manner, because a lot of the suicide stuff is associated with folks who want to pass anti-gun legislation and things like that.”
“The thought was, ‘Let’s do it in a way that the people who need to get the message are not going to be turned off by it,” he said.
“The message is kind of like,
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In the midst of all this, we have become more divided as a nation than ever before. It is heart breaking to look around and see just how much hatred and division is running rampant all across our nation.
However, the good news is there is a solution to every problem that we are facing.
I believe that unity is a major element in turning the tide in this country. Unity is defined in the dictionary as the state of being united or joined as a whole. Unity doesn’t mean that we always see eye to eye on everything, rather it does mean that we choose to
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