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....
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Panel Discussion: An update on the gun violence prevention movement
Gun violence is increasingly seen as a public health issue. In the face of cuts across the federal government gun violence prevention funding, groups and researchers are relying more and more on...
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...
March 23, 2026: 2026 Injury Prevention Research Symposium
Presented by the University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center Monday, March 23 | 9AM – 2PM Join the U-M IPC for a day of discovery at the Injury Prevention Research Symposium. This event brings...
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...
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...
Media Mention: Party-line vote sends ‘red flag’ law expansion to Colorado Senate
Members of the Senate Veterans & Military Affairs Committee voted along party lines Tuesday to advance a bill that would further expand who can ask a judge to temporarily restrict a person’s...
Media Mention: Say YES to youth empowerment – how increasing agency can reduce violence
Many young people feel like they have little control over their lives, and this feeling, along with the emotions it can trigger, can lead to violent behaviours. In response to this issue, Professor...