Dr. Tom Kottke

They've got a high capacity magazine, I need a high capacity magazine. And it doesn't make anybody safer, it makes everybody unsafer, but it's teaching and it's teaching within the relevance, within the context, and by somebody who is respected by that individual. I think it's creating opportunity. But you're right, it's absolutely a challenge because Americans, as a result of advertising,

They've got a high capacity magazine, I need a high capacity magazine. And it doesn't make anybody safer, it makes everybody unsafer, but it's teaching and it's teaching within the relevance, within the context, and by somebody who is respected by that individual. I think it's creating opportunity. But you're right, it's absolutely a challenge because Americans, as a result of advertising,

sponsored by the gun industry and through the NRA and others, I have come to believe that having a pistol, having a firearm makes them safer. And they have this image that, oh, I'll just shoot him. But you have to, you know, say I have a friend who's, he carries a pistol in his car because he says, well, maybe I get in a road rage.

sponsored by the gun industry and through the NRA and others, I have come to believe that having a pistol, having a firearm makes them safer. And they have this image that, oh, I'll just shoot him. But you have to, you know, say I have a friend who's, he carries a pistol in his car because he says, well, maybe I get in a road rage.

well boy you get that pistol out you better be prepared to shoot because if the other guy has a pistol he's going to shoot you and so you have to shoot first but what if what if that what you think is a pistol is a cell phone you know and you shoot him you're you're in deep doo-doo you

well boy you get that pistol out you better be prepared to shoot because if the other guy has a pistol he's going to shoot you and so you have to shoot first but what if what if that what you think is a pistol is a cell phone you know and you shoot him you're you're in deep doo-doo you

Or like in Rochester, last couple of years, a high school coach got in a fender bender with some Somali kids and shot and killed one of them. not a good scenario for that chap. He's going to spend some time reflecting on that with limited freedom. And, you know, even if you shoot somebody by accident or, you know, are you prepared to do that?

Or like in Rochester, last couple of years, a high school coach got in a fender bender with some Somali kids and shot and killed one of them. not a good scenario for that chap. He's going to spend some time reflecting on that with limited freedom. And, you know, even if you shoot somebody by accident or, you know, are you prepared to do that?

And so this whole idea of thinking through, you know, what are the next five steps that are going to happen? if I shoot somebody. And a lot of times you're gonna spend some time in Oak Park Heights.

And so this whole idea of thinking through, you know, what are the next five steps that are going to happen? if I shoot somebody. And a lot of times you're gonna spend some time in Oak Park Heights.

I think so. Certainly, probably traffic safety, you know, in terms of community burden. Yeah. Traffic safety. Talk about safety. Jogging at night or walking at night. Every...

I think so. Certainly, probably traffic safety, you know, in terms of community burden. Yeah. Traffic safety. Talk about safety. Jogging at night or walking at night. Every...

seems like every every morning i read about somebody who's been killed by walking on a road and my wife and i walk our dogs and people are they're out jogging in black walking but you can't see them you know and this whole belief that if they if i can see them they can see me yeah you're dead wrong and you're going to be dead because you're wrong you know but um

seems like every every morning i read about somebody who's been killed by walking on a road and my wife and i walk our dogs and people are they're out jogging in black walking but you can't see them you know and this whole belief that if they if i can see them they can see me yeah you're dead wrong and you're going to be dead because you're wrong you know but um

Yeah, I think, you know, we need to practice those conversations about, you know, that it's okay to ask about, you know, are your firearms locked up? It just, you know, assuming, you know, and then if they say, well, we don't have them, that's, you know, I'm glad, you know, then being prepared to do something, but Yeah, having those conversations.

Yeah, I think, you know, we need to practice those conversations about, you know, that it's okay to ask about, you know, are your firearms locked up? It just, you know, assuming, you know, and then if they say, well, we don't have them, that's, you know, I'm glad, you know, then being prepared to do something, but Yeah, having those conversations.

I don't know if they'd play or not, but... Yeah, yeah.

I don't know if they'd play or not, but... Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, so I can tell you the anxiety is out there. So we have a paper in review right now based on three different national surveys about anxiety about gun violence. And we plugged it into the global burden of disease database. condition weights. And anxiety about gun violence is the leading cause of disability-adjusted life years lost in the United States by a factor of about 1.5 over back pain.

Yeah, so I can tell you the anxiety is out there. So we have a paper in review right now based on three different national surveys about anxiety about gun violence. And we plugged it into the global burden of disease database. condition weights. And anxiety about gun violence is the leading cause of disability-adjusted life years lost in the United States by a factor of about 1.5 over back pain.