"An organization in Chicago is trying to apply a strategy used for fighting drug addiction to reduce gun violence."

• Stick Talk is trying a different tactic
  "Keep your guns if you must, but learn how to handle them safely."

• Packing a gun is a rational response
  "Guns remain plentiful and easy to acquire, and young people who live in dangerous neighborhoods say they feel unsafe without them.”

• Stick Talk uses the philosophy of harm reduction
  "The approach is similar to that of a safe injection site, where people use illegal drugs under supervision."

• Frank conversations on taboo topics
  "Sometimes [participants] get a history lesson on how gun policy in the United States was shaped in response to armed groups like the Black Panthers."

• Stick Talk asks for an empathy shift, using the tagline,
  “Do we dare love the shooters?”