The BulletPoints Project at UC Davis Health has launched a free online course to help health care providers and others reduce gun violence. The hour-long training teaches clinicians how to identify at-risk patients and how to intervene according to the type and level of risk of firearm violence. Health care providers who complete the course can receive one hour of Continuing Medical Education (CME) through the California Medical Association or Continuing Education (CE) credits through the American Psychological Association.
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States with More Gun Laws Have Lower Youth Gun Violence, Rutgers Study Finds
Gun violence among children is lower in states with more gun laws, according to a Rutgers-led study.

Thurman Barnes Joins the New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Research and Rutgers School of Public Health
Thurman Barnes has been appointed as the assistant director of the New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Research, and associate professor in the department of urban-global public health at the Rutgers School of Public Health. He will start his new role at Rutgers this May.
Firearm Purchaser Licensing Laws Linked To Fewer Fatal Mass Shootings
Firearm purchaser licensing laws that require an in-person application or fingerprinting are associated with an estimated 56 percent fewer fatal mass shootings in states that have them, according to a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.