{"id":789,"date":"2018-02-20T22:05:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T06:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ydn.dtd.mybluehost.me\/saferhomes\/?page_id=789"},"modified":"2023-07-05T14:04:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T21:04:11","slug":"take-action","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saferhomescoalition.org\/take-action\/","title":{"rendered":"When Someone is in Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How to Help if You are Concerned<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Steps to Take When Suicide Risk is Elevated<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For yourself or another person at risk, buy time for recovery by creating distance from firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use time-based suicide prevention to Go SLO, as recommended by the US Air Force<\/a> and Veterans Health Administration.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go SLO – Safes, Locks, Outside the Home<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Safes<\/strong>: Secure all firearms in a safe or gun case and give a trusted individual the keys & combinations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Locks<\/strong>: Secure all firearms with locking devices and give keys to a trusted individual. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Outside the Home:<\/strong> Store firearms away from the home using a temporary emergency transfer. See below for details. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Call<\/strong> or Text<\/strong>: Call 988 or text HOME to 741-741 for immediate help. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    Temporary Transfers for Suicide Prevention are Legal <\/span>in Washington State<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Have a trusted individual or other organization hold firearms until the crisis resolves. Temporary transfers to prevent suicide are legal in Washington without a background check (see RCW 9.41.113(4)(a)<\/a> and (4)(d) for clarification).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    RCW 9.41.113: Firearm sales or transfers\u2014Background checks\u2014Requirements\u2014Exceptions<\/strong>
    (4) This section does not apply to:
    (a) A transfer between immediate family members, which for this subsection shall be limited to spouses, domestic partners, parents, parents-in-law, children, siblings, siblings-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, first cousins, aunts, and uncles, that is a bona fide gift or loan;
    (d) A temporary transfer of possession of a firearm if: (i) The transfer is intended to prevent suicide or self-inflicted great bodily harm; (ii) the transfer lasts only as long as reasonably necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm; and (iii) the firearm is not utilized     by <\/a>the transferee for any purpose for the duration of the temporary transfer;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Firearms Safe Storage Map<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Many organizations in Washington have offered to consider requests to hold firearms temporarily for people in a crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    see map of organizations<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO) prevent people who are at high risk of harming themselves or others from having access to a firearm. Family, household members or police can obtain an ERPO by submitting a request with evidence demonstrating the danger the individual poses to the court. We recommend the following resources to learn more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs)<\/a><\/blockquote>