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Tag: Gun Control
Experts Available on SCOTUS Domestic Violence Gun Rights Case
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in United States v. Rahimi tomorrow, deciding whether a federal law barring people under domestic-violence restraining orders from possessing firearms is unconstitutional. If you’re looking for experts to comment on the case and its implications,…
GW Experts Available: Record Number of Gun Deaths Among U.S. Children in 2021
WASHINGTON (August 24, 2023) – Guns killed a record number of U.S. children in 2021, an increase of almost 42% from 2018, according to a new study analyzing CDC data. The study, published in the journal American Academy of Pediatrics,…
Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions Hosting Expert Briefing for Media June 22: New Survey Findings on Gun Policy
On June 22 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions will host a webinar with lead researcher and Center co-director Cassandra Crifasi, PhD, MPH, to discuss new findings from the Johns Hopkins National Survey of Gun Policy, a public opinion survey that has tracked Americans’ support of gun policies every two years since 2013.
Gun Violence: Can Research Help?
The horrific frequency of mass shootings (almost 300 in the first six months of 2022, according to the Gun Violence Archive), the tragic daily toll of firearm-related deaths (124 per day on average, according to the CDC), and the inability of politicians to implement effective gun control measures have had devastating personal consequences for individuals and families and pose a significant public health challenge for the nation.
George Washington University Experts Discuss NRA Annual Meeting
WASHINGTON (April 13, 2023) – The National Rifle Association kicks off its annual meeting Friday in Indianapolis. The weekend conference takes place in the wake of Monday’s mass shooting in a Louisville, Kentucky, bank and last month’s massacre in a…
Physician “gun lover” offers suggestions for safer Second Amendment
Michael Rose, MD, MPH, is a proud gun owner, hunter, and native North Dakotan who practices medicine in the heart of Baltimore. Dr. Rose understands how his personal and professional lives may seem at odds with one another. But in a new personal essay published in Annals of Internal Medicine, Dr. Rose draws upon an insider’s perspective to offer suggestions for more common-sense gun laws and a safer Second Amendment.
Synchronization of Firearm Background Check Data Reveals Acquisition Patterns
In Chaos, researchers explore the factors driving background checks, and whether coordination between U.S. states may exist and if one state exerts influence over others in terms of enacting gun laws or acquiring firearms. They researchers constructed a rigorous mathematical approach to interpret the patterning of firearm background check data and found these patterns of frequency oscillations are different at various time points. This suggests states may have interacted differently with each other during the terms of Bush, Obama, and Trump.
The assassination of Shinzo Abe in Japan is not proof that gun laws are not working to prevent gun violence
The assassination of Shinzo Abe in Japan where guns are strictly regulated, is not proof that gun laws are not working to prevent gun violence
Mass shootings: Conservative, liberal #socialmedia users starting to agree — enough is enough, says @UNLV researcher
Schoolchildren huddled in Uvalde, Tex. classrooms as classmates and teachers are cut down by a rogue gunman. A peaceful weekend afternoon at a Buffalo, N.Y. grocery store interrupted by a white supremacist who sprays the aisles of elderly, predominantly African American weekend shoppers with an AR-15 style rifle. Only five months into the year, these attacks tallied as the 198th and 214th U.
Top 4 Gun Violence Experts List
Checkout Newswise list of top four Gun Control/Gun Violence Experts from leading universities, colleges and institutions, spreading awareness about gun violence.
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.
US regions with lax gun control laws bear brunt of firearm injury costs
US regions with lax gun control laws are bearing the brunt of firearm injury costs, with tax- funded dollars providing almost half of the total, finds research published in the open access journal Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open.
New Report Highlights U.S. 2020 Gun-Related Deaths: Highest Number Ever Recorded By CDC, Gun Homicides Increase By More Than One-Third
A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions analyzes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention firearm fatality data for 2020—a year that saw the highest number of gun-related deaths ever recorded by the CDC and a sharp increase in gun homicides.
Researchers quantify the role of the pandemic in the 2020 U.S. Elections
In the media, a prevalent narrative is that Donald Trump lost the 2020 elections because of the way he handled the COVID-19 pandemic. Several researchers determined that Trump would have won the electoral vote and lost the popular vote, as he did in 2016, if the pandemic had not occurred or if it had been mitigated.
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.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Hosting Panel Discussion on Gun Violence and Community Calls to Action
On Wednesday, September 22, the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Prevention and Policy is hosting a virtual panel discussion about the gun violence epidemic in the U.S. and specific calls to action state policymakers can take to address the issue.
IU experts available to comment on shooting at FedEx facility in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS and BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A gunman opened fire at the FedEx Ground Plainfield Operations Center on Thursday, April 15, killing eight people and injuring at least seven others. The suspected gunman is believed to have committed suicide. The Indianapolis…
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.
Handgun Purchaser Licensing Laws are Associated with Lower Firearm Homicides, Suicides
State handgun purchaser licensing laws—which go beyond federal background checks by requiring a prospective buyer to apply for a license or permit from state or local law enforcement—appear to be highly effective at reducing firearm homicide and suicide rates.
How Active Shooter Incidents Off Campus Lead to Guns on Campus
A new study finds that active shooter incidents off campus and politics are key factors that led state legislators to pass laws allowing concealed weapons on college and university campuses between 2004 and 2016.
Keeping guns away from potential mass shooters
The United States currently averages 20 mass shootings per year. Researchers from Michigan State University measured the extent to which mass shootings are committed by domestic violence perpetrators, suggesting how firearm restrictions may prevent these tragedies.
Study: How crime fears, cultural anxiety, and gender shape gun ownership
UAB’s Tara Warner explores why some individuals are more likely to own guns than others.
Study: More behavioral health care linked to small drop in gun-related suicides
An increase in behavioral health providers is associated with a slight decrease in gun-related suicides, but the difference is small and points to a need to tackle gun violence in other ways, according to the authors of a new study.
Experts Available to Comment on 2020 Presidential Race
New Brunswick, N.J. – As the 2020 presidential campaign accelerates, Rutgers faculty experts are available to comment on the most pressing issues in the race for the White House. Topics include the economy, immigration, health care, national security, gun control,…
Intersectionality in Action: Gun Ownership and Women’s Political Participation
Gun‐owning women exhibit levels of political participation about gun policy and a greater willingness to engage in political discussions about gun control than nonowning women, according to Alexandra Middlewood, assistant professor of political science at Wichita State University.
Political response to mass shootings is ‘illogical,’ sociologist says
The answer to preventing horrific mass shootings can’t be reduced to a single political issue, according to James Nolan, a West Virginia University sociology professor and former police officer who also worked for the FBI as a unit chief in…