About the Authors

Lindsey L. Monteith

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Lindsey.Monteith@va.gov

Affiliations VA Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Spark M. Matsunaga VA Medical Center, VA Pacific Islands Healthcare System, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Evan R. Polzer

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation VA Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Ryan Holliday

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations VA Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Spark M. Matsunaga VA Medical Center, VA Pacific Islands Healthcare System, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Darrin M. Aase

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Spark M. Matsunaga VA Medical Center, VA Pacific Islands Healthcare System, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Joseph A. Simonetti

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations VA Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

“I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: All authors report grant funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Suicide Prevention (Monteith, Polzer, Holliday, Simonetti), VA Health Services Research and Development (Monteith, Holliday, Simonetti), VA Office of Health Equity (Monteith, Holliday, Aase), and the VA National Center for Patient Safety (Monteith). Authors also report grant funding from the Department of Defense (Monteith, Polzer, Holliday), the Face-the-Fight Initiative (Monteith, Simonetti), and the National Institutes of Health (Holliday, Simonetti). All authors also report employment through the VA. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.