Mental Health and Guns: What the Media Gets Wrong

The Colion Noir Podcast

Colion Noir

Colion Noir, Self-improvement, Lifestyle, Education, Culture, Politics, News, 2a, Second Amendment, Personal Journals, Pew Pew Life, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 16 November 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I sit down with Mike Sodini, founder of Walk the Talk America (WTTA), to dive into the critical intersection of guns and mental health. We tackle the stigma surrounding gun ownership and mental health issues, the challenges of bridging the divide between the firearm and mental health communities, and innovative solutions WTTA is spearheading to save lives. From addressing self-deletion in the gun community to empowering underserved youth through firearm education, this conversation breaks down barriers and redefines advocacy. Join us as we explore how Walk the Talk America is disrupting the narrative, building understanding, and creating real solutions for gun owners and mental health advocacy. Whether you're a gun owner, mental health professional, or simply curious, this episode is for you.

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0:00.0	They're better at the game than we are.
0:01.8	Playing it simple.
0:02.7	I've seen it with my own eyes.
0:03.7	They are better at the game.
0:04.7	They're better at communicating it.
0:05.9	They're better at it all.
0:07.5	The thing that has saved their ass, I always say, is the internet thus far.
0:12.7	I'm known as the ungun, gun guy, right?
0:14.5	Like, that was the nickname given to me by my gun friends.
0:16.9	Yeah. because they're like, dude, the way you talk to the other side, it's cool because the way you do it, you validate their feelings, right?
0:24.1	You make them okay with hating guts.
0:26.4	I tell people every time that I speak, I said, it's like you know how to deal with women or something.
0:33.2	That's a whole other podcast.
0:35.4	The reason why I'm good at it is because I give people an out.
0:38.0	And I say, look, at the end of this conversation, I don't need you to be pro-gun
0:42.5	after you hear me talk.
0:44.5	I need you to be pro-understanding.
0:46.8	That's pro-understanding is where I need you to land.
0:49.7	You think about like the LGBTQ community, right?
0:52.3	And people didn't understand it's like you don't have to be part of that community to understand this stuff that they go through you know what I'm saying like
0:57.9	you don't you you know you can you could be a therapist and treat somebody from that community
1:02.9	and be able to associate with it's the same thing with guns right so that's you know all I'm trying
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