psychology
Episode 270: Walk The Talk America – Mental Health and Guns With Michael Sodini
Today Riley interviews Michael Sodini founder of Walk the Talk America, a non-profit organization dedicated to making positive change in relation to mental health, and firearm awareness. We will talk about what we as a firearms industry and community can do to tackle these issues and be part of the solution and not the problem. Michael is also the President of Eagle Imports responsible for distributing brands like Bersa, Grand Power, Metro Arms, and Avidity Arms.
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Episode 268: Behavioral Psychology and Guns – Russell Riendeau
Today Riley is flying solo and wanted to play an interview that we had the privilege of doing together with Russell Riendeau, Ph.D., behavioral scientist and headhunter while at the USCCA Concealed Carry Expo in Louisville, KY in April 2018. We get into mental health, stress, work-life balance, violence and what this all has to do with guns. Tune in and be prepared to think deeply about these complicated and intermingled issues.
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The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Guns and Safety
Our minds produce these self-justifying excuses readily and without effort. What requires mental exertion is pushing the excuses aside and reverting back to what we know to be safe and right.
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What Is Cognitive Dissonance and What Does it Have to Do With Politics and Gun Safety
Among the most natural of human instincts is the need to convince oneself that one’s actions are good and acceptable. In order to understand what is generally called self-justification we have to start with another scientific term; cognitive dissonance.
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