The Justice Department has taken steps to close the so-called "gun show loophole." But there's a murky legal question: Who counts as a gun seller? Dr. April Zeoli speaks with NPR about the new rule.
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Extreme risk protection order: What to know if needed
The University of Michigan has published a web-based toolkit designed to support the use and implementation of Michigan’s new extreme risk protection order, or ERPO, law. Also known as a red flag...
Active shooter drills are meant to keep schools safe, but are they doing harm?
A new national effort to understand how active shooter drills may affect the health and well-being of K-12 students and school staff begins this week with the first meeting of a committee operating...
Media Mention: How a new rule on the gun show ‘loophole’ would impact West MI
Tens of thousands of firearm dealers across the country will now be required to run background checks on buyers. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,...
U-M Livestream: Reducing the Risk: Firearms and Mental Health
U-M livestream: Reducing the Risk: Firearms and Mental HealthDATE: Noon-1 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2024EVENT: “Reducing the Risk: Firearms and Mental Health”Experts from the University of Michigan...
Media Mention: Real-Time Opioid Overdose Data Improves Safety Response from Community
Opioid overdose deaths have grown ten-fold in Michigan since 2000, and the opioid epidemic continues to be a major public health crisis impacting thousands of Michiganders and their loved ones. To...
Media Mention: How Much Should People Know About A School’s Safety Plan? Officials Are Reluctant To Reveal Too Much
Students were not on campus when fires destroyed the King Kamehameha III school in Lahaina, but parents and teachers expressed concern about how the DOE would have handled student safety in the...
Media Mention: Why Even Public Health Experts Have Limited Insight Into Stopping Gun Violence in America
Gun violence is among America’s most deadly and costly public health crises. But unlike other big killers — diseases like cancer and HIV or dangers like automobile crashes and cigarettes — sparse...
School threat assessment toolkit now available to schools for violence prevention
University of Michigan, University of Virginia partner on effort to keep schools safe A new toolkit designed to support U.S. schools’ violence prevention efforts has been published by the National...
University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention Research Day
The hybrid event highlighted the Institute’s accomplishments over the past three years, as well as key research and programs that we are conducting in the State of Michigan and nationwide with...
Media Mention: Active shooter defense is becoming big business in Texas. Experts ask if it’s paying off
As the rate of gun deaths grows in Texas, the pro-business state has turned to solutions that have transformed what it’s like to walk into schools and remade business priorities for executives who...
U-M livestream: What the state’s new gun laws mean for Michigan residents
Watch the recording of the event and learn more about the new laws U-M livestream: What the state's new gun laws mean for Michigan residents DATE: Noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 EVENT: "Michigan's...