In the 6 News Hope over Violence series of stories, the focus has been on gun safety and how effective and important gun locks are as a way to limit gun violence. Dr. Cindy Ewell Foster spoke with 6...
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Media Mention: How The Supreme Court’s Next Gun Ruling Could Impact Mass Shootings
Next month, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in United States v. Zackey Rahimi — a landmark case that will decide whether it’s constitutional to strip gun rights from people under...
Study shows significant disparities in firearm injury, death among Hispanic populations
The rate of firearm homicide among Hispanic populations was more than two times higher than that of White non-Hispanics in 2021, the largest disparity in more than a decade, according to new...
Media Mention: Study: Investing in community space leads to reduced crime in Indianapolis
A study, led by the University of Michigan School of Public Health in partnership with the nonprofit Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, shows that transforming a vacant space into a gathering space for...
Media Mention: UNC is a public, open campus. What do experts recommend to keep students, staff safe?
Three times in the less than one month since classes began for the fall semester, two public universities in North Carolina have been the sites of gun-related incidents. Dr. Marc Zimmerman speaks...
Media Mention: New Mexico Governor Issues 30-Day Ban on Carrying Guns in Public in Albuquerque
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico announced a 30-day ban on carrying firearms in public areas or state property in Albuquerque and its county, a move that she said was a necessary response...
Media Mention: Gun rights group makes cities reveal IDs of those who turned in guns for cash
The Detroit Free Press discusses the effectiveness of firearm buyback programs and policies
Media Mention: Michiganders discuss gun safety reform and firearm injury prevention; look ahead to issue in 2024
After a series of mass shooting throughout the year, some say there is more momentum now to pass gun safety reform laws and it could be a key issue for some candidates running in 2024. States like...
Media Mention: As research grows into how to stop gun violence, one city looks to science for help
In recent years, research reviews have begun to conclude there’s enough evidence to say which public health interventions prevent shootings, which do not, and which need more study. Nearly...
Properly implemented firearm access policies are effective at reducing injury, study finds
When evidence-based firearm injury prevention policies such as extreme risk protection orders are implemented properly, they can play a significant role in preventing gun-related injuries and death,...
Media Mention: Michigan’s OK2SAY program shows a rise in school violence tips
Michigan’s school violence prevention reporting system received 7,415 tips in 2022, annual numbers from Michigan State Police said, a 19% increase from the year before. The reporting system, OK2SAY,...
Media Mention: The GOP and the NRA want to stop gun violence research. California is a target.
California has been the epicenter of American gun violence research, largely because it maintains an extensive repository of firearms data and, unlike other states, has historically made much of the...