Guns and Mental Health by Walk the Talk America
An honest and comprehensive discussion about guns and mental health. Two highly stigmatized cultures that have long stood across from each other, refusing to collaborate whenever tragedy strikes. That trend ends now. For firearms owners, clinicians, and the curious public.
Guns and Mental Health by Walk the Talk America
Episode 75: Jerah Hutchins
Returning to our traditional format in this episode, Mike and Jake interview Jerah Hutchins to discuss her work helping get women out of abusive relationships, being a 2nd Amendment actionist, and more.
Jerah is a firearms trainer, 2nd Amendment actionist, and entrepreneur. She began shooting when she was 11 years old, taught by her grandfather (a Sicilian immigrant who loved the 2nd amendment). She was a competition 3 gunner in her youth and began teaching firearms in 2008. Jerah consulted on several gun range projects from 2013 to 2019, then concentrated on speaking engagements and testifying in gun rights hearings beginning in 2019.
In 2018, she founded WADE (Women’s Awareness & Defense Endeavor), a non-profit that assists women in liberating themselves from abusive relationships and provides self-defense education. To date, 56 women have been through the WADE program, and 55 remain free from their abusers.
