In this episode of Stop the Killing, former FBI executive Katherine Schweit sits down with leading researchers studying gun violence prevention to explain Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) —...
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Podcast: School Shootings Start Long Before the Gun — Here’s How to Stop Them
In this episode of Stop the Killing, Katherine Schweit is joined by leading researchers from the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention and the National Center for School...
Media Mention: Thoughts don’t kill people, but study suggests options for keeping guns from doing so
Millions of Americans have thought about shooting someone, a new University of Michigan study finds. And if they didn’t already own a firearm, some of them have thought about getting one to make...
Media Mention: Michigan’s ‘red flag’ gun law use jumps 31% in 2025
Use of Michigan’s “red flag” gun law jumped 31% from 2024 to 2025, according to a report released this week, prompting cautious optimism from supporters but hardly quelling debate about the policy....
Institute postdoctoral fellow receives 2025 Jess Kraus Award in Injury Epidemiology
Dr. Mike Henson-Garcia, a postdoctoral fellow at the U-M Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, was recently awarded the 2025 Jess Kraus Award in Injury Epidemiology for his publication titled...
Media Mention: How Often Do Kids Bring Guns to School? Here’s What We Know
Despite the lack of quality information, available data and research offer clues about why some students bring guns to school, and why school officials have struggled to respond. For many students,...
Podcast: Preventing intimate partner homicide with red flag laws
Over half of all female homicide victims in the United States are killed with a gun, most often by an intimate partner. In this episode, University of Michigan School of Public Health researcher...
Media Mention: More than 600,000 US-sourced firearms traced to crime within a year of purchase, new research finds
A new study analysing firearms traced by U.S. authorities offers one of the clearest pictures yet of how quickly legally purchased guns are diverted into crime across the Americas. It also shows...
Michigan firearm safety laws turn 2: New program offers guidance, info, support on how and when to use them
It has been two years since Michigan's new firearm safety laws took effect and the University of Michigan is rolling out a program that translates the legislation to real-life situations. The...
Media Mention: State has distributed 110,600 free gun locks since safe storage law took effect
Michigan’s safe gun storage and red flag laws adopted largely in response to mass shootings at Oxford High School and Michigan State University have been in effect for two years now. One law...
Expert Advisory: Michigan governor signs classroom cell phone ban: U-M experts available to comment
University of Michigan experts are available to discuss a new policy that will ban cell phone use in Michigan’s K-12 classrooms. Elyse Thulin is an assistant research professor of health behavior...
For rural firearm owners, Store Safely program offers options to enhance secure firearm storage
GWINN, Michigan—Dustin Milner, a local outdoorsman, has fond memories of visiting Little Lake in the heart of the Upper Peninsula with his family for hunting season every fall. They’d sit in a...