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Take Action: Military Suicide: Fight The War At Home
Encourage greater attention to the psychological needs of veterans when they return from service.
Goal: 15,000
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Progress: 13,329
Sponsored by: The Veterans Site
In the United States, a veteran dies by suicide every 80 minutes. It's clear that America's veterans aren't getting the psychological help they need in order to cope with the stresses of being a part of the military.
Alarmingly, under the guise of the 2nd Amendment, the National Defense Authorization Act bars any military leader from broaching the subject of privately-owned weapons with another service member to gauge his safety level — even if that member seems to be depressed.
Veterans need to be given resources and support so they can resume their lives after service with little burden. Discussing suicide and psychological safety should be mandatory — not prohibited by law.
Tell Senator Patty Murray, also Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to address this troubling law and see to it that veterans are getting the support they need before and after leaving the service.
Dear Senator Murray,
I want to thank you for the tireless work you do for veterans every day. I would also like to shed light on the troubling issue of veteran suicide.
A veteran commits suicide in America every 80 minutes. That's 18 veterans per day, and over 500 per month. I believe you will agree these numbers are staggering and heartbreaking.
Suicide is viewed by many as a taboo topic, and on this issue the military seems to agree. For example, according to the National Defense Authorization Act, no military leader may address the issue of personal gun ownership with a fellow member so as to adhere to the 2nd Amendment.
But preventing suicide doesn't have anything to do with amendments or rights — it's about preserving life and promoting mental health. That's why military leaders should be allowed to discuss personal gun ownership with other members. The more information one has about someone, the more a potential tragedy may be avoided.
Please do all you can to reverse this foolish law. Our veterans deserve life.
Thank you.
Petition Signatures
May 14, 2013
Martine Cimon
May 14, 2013
(Name not displayed)
America needs caring organizations to help them through the hard nights of memories, Our Angels would not have died in vain, a pray report the truth, not for money because our Innocent are suffering from Americas greed, God help you Innocent victims
May 13, 2013
Larrie Hoops
May 13, 2013
(Name not displayed)
Please address this troubling law and see to it that veterans are getting the support they need before and after leaving the service.
May 12, 2013
Karina Pettinger
May 12, 2013
R. Stepanik
May 12, 2013
Judy Derrick
May 12, 2013
cheryl valerio
May 12, 2013
(Name not displayed)
Give back they deserve all we can give.
May 11, 2013
verna Donnelly
May 11, 2013
Megan Dillard
Yes
May 11, 2013
Lexi Amato
May 11, 2013
Florence Warner
I believe all Veterans deserve help when they come back from war! They are taught to kill ,but not how to stop and live in society again once they are back from war.Just suppose to know how to act once they are home!
May 11, 2013
Inge Arbacauskas
May 11, 2013
Raymond McGrath
May 10, 2013
Betsy Huneycutt
May 9, 2013
Isabelle Palmer
I think it's awful that the government has abandoned these men and women, after they have proudly served their country, they are tossed aside like used tissues when they return. They are real people, American citizens, they deserve far more respect & care
May 8, 2013
Karen Carlson
May 7, 2013
Linda Hughes
I see that many veteran's from the war in vietnam have many problem's.Bad dream's bad thought's,they need help with accepting what happened to them.
May 7, 2013
Benet Jackson
May 7, 2013
john studdard
we shouldn't even have to have a petition for this
May 7, 2013
Saundra Blankenship
I want to say thanks to all our troops.
And my best friend from school Ret Maj Charles Miller. Anything I can do to support them I will. Please help them before it is too late. It is too late for my cousin Gene Blankenship.. thank you.
May 7, 2013
Kathy Storey
May 6, 2013
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May 5, 2013
Charlotte de Marigny
May 5, 2013
Kevin Kenger
May 5, 2013
Pat Souders
TSgt USAF retired 1972
May 4, 2013
peggy neumann
May 3, 2013
Dennis Herman
May 3, 2013
Pat Armstrong
May 2, 2013
Olivia Cornell
May 2, 2013
Rita Pirouet
May 2, 2013
Paul Kramer
May 2, 2013
Julie Claunch
once again, i'm asking you to stand up for our vets, do the right thing. they have been thru so much, and stood up for us, now it is our turn to stand up for them. thank you, God bless.
May 2, 2013
Helen Tedder
May 1, 2013
Thomas Blalock
May 1, 2013
Jessica Galloway
May 1, 2013
traci ward
May 1, 2013
Melissa Mather
Apr 30, 2013
Miryam Rickner
Apr 30, 2013
Lisa Sears
Apr 30, 2013
Lori Fehr
Apr 30, 2013
Rebecca Kissick
I lost my spouse to suicide after her was discharged from the Navy and the mental health care that the va could offer him was not enough.
Apr 30, 2013
Gayle Chandler
Apr 30, 2013
(Name not displayed)
Apr 30, 2013
Barbara Dickson
I lost a mother and brother to suicide, so I understand the pain of the families who lose a loved one to suicide. My heart hurts for all of them and the veterans that feel that desperate to decide that's the only recourse for them, of which it is not.
Apr 29, 2013
Lorna Day
Apr 29, 2013
Dayton Cooper
Apr 29, 2013
william mekemson
Soldiers already pay the highest cost, please do more to help them!
Apr 28, 2013
kim hall
