Program Resources
Are you interested in bringing TAP to your community?
We designed our consultation service and these program resources to provide relevant information for developing a project locally and expanding out-of-home storage options for firearm owners in your area.
Please take the time to review the resources including the comprehensive toolkit before starting a TAP program locally to ensure a successful launch in your community.
Skip to content…
Consult Service
Get Free Advice From Experts
Are you a firearm retailer, range owner, or other firearm related business owner with questions about offering temporary storage or providing suicide prevention resources? With our consultation service, you can receive a no-cost, one-on-one consultation with a TAP partner & Veteran retailer. Federal Firearm Licensees (FFLs) may also join the monthly Community of Practice calls.
Consultation Process
To request a consultation with national experts from The Armory Project:
Request
Submit your information to this form.
Prepare
Within 7-10 days, The Armory Project team decides on the best consultants and schedules with both parties. In advance of the consultation, we recommend the project lead (you and/or your team) review The Armory Project Toolkit to prepare for the meeting. Consultation meetings are up to 60 minutes and scheduled via Microsoft Teams.
Consultation
During the meeting, the TAP team captures notes, and we provide expert feedback and recommendations to your questions. We may ask to record the meeting for our own learning purposes. Please note that we do not provide legal advice.
Follow Up
In providing you no-cost expert consultation from the TAP team, we request that you provide your feedback within 7 days of the consultation meeting and 30 days after the consultation. We will send both surveys to you!
TAP Toolkit
Comprehensive Reference Guide
We developed this toolkit in response to inquiries from other coalitions and motivated communities interested in partnering with firearm retailers and range owners and want to learn from our successes with The Armory Project. We, in turn, have learned from initiatives in other states, and we include a list of those efforts and their websites in this toolkit.
Download the toolkit:
Why a toolkit?
We developed this comprehensive toolkit in response to inquiries from other coalitions and motivated communities who are interested in partnering with firearm retailers and range owners and want to learn from our successes. We, in turn, have learned from initiatives in other states, and we include a list of those efforts and their websites in this toolkit.
The intention of this toolkit is to encourage and facilitate sustainable partnerships between public health advocates and leaders in the firearm industry, in new locations across the country. This toolkit will walk you through the TAP process for developing local partnerships, onboarding and training partners, creating a Community of Practice, and evaluating your results.
Download Resources
To use or adapt any for publications or other non-practical purpose, please email TAP and use the below citation:
True, G. and Wendleton, L. 2023. The Armory Project Toolkit: Partnering with firearm retailers, to promote voluntary and temporary out-of-home firearm storage (Version 2). Veteran-Informed Intervention and Outreach Network (VISION). Available here.
Click to view/download separately:
TAP Provider and Patient Information Cards: 6”x4” Postcard | Half-Letter
TAP Toolkit Frequently Asked Questions
TAP Hold Agreement: Fillable PDF | Editable Word DOCX
TAP Training Slideshow: Full-color Presentation | Print-friendly Presentation
Training Video
TAP Partner Training and Orientation
Use this training to prepare new TAP storage partners, supporters, staff members, and volunteers to participate in the program with confidence.
The training covers:
The role of voluntary, temporary out-of-home firearm storage
Common myths and important facts about suicide
How to recognize warning signs and respond using S.A.V.E.
How to connect someone with 988 and other support resources
The roles of TAP Storage Partners and TAP Supporters
Temporary-storage approaches and operational considerations
Resources and ongoing support available through the TAP network
Each participating location should review the training with its team and establish its own storage procedures in consultation with the location’s owner or manager.