A new study from UChicago Medicine found stable, age-related patterns in firearm suicide, with the disturbing exception of accelerating rates in younger teens, and that states with less strict firearm laws had higher firearm suicide rates.
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How Will Gun Control Policy Affect the Midterm Elections?
With the midterm elections less than three weeks away, Rutgers experts weigh in on how gun control will be a factor with voters. Michael AnestisExecutive Director, New Jersey Gun Violence Research CenterAssociate Professor, School of Public Health Gun violence prevention…
How a Public Health Approach Could Reduce Gun Violence
Michael Siegel, visiting professor of public health and community medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, who has spent decades researching firearm violence, outlines what a public health approach to prevent gun violence in the U.S. would entail.
Study: Massachusetts Gun-Control Legislation Has Had No Effect on Violent Crime
A new study examined the impact changes to background checks and licensing policies has made on different types of violent crime in Massachusetts. The study found no immediate impact, suggesting that state lawmakers may want to ensure their legislation is being implemented as intended.
Motherhood Does Not Drive Support For Gun Control
Moms are not more likely than other women to support gun control efforts. In fact, a new study finds that parenthood doesn’t have a substantial effect on the gun control views of men or women.
Should gun ownership be limited to the home?
As the country continues to grapple with how to stop the violence, the University of Utah on Sept. 5 will host two of the nation’s leading experts on the Second Amendment to explore this evolving topic for the S.J. Quinney College of Law’s 36th Annual Jefferson B. Fordham Debate.