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...
Searching: Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO)
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...
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: Suicide prevention advocates emphasize importance of Michigan’s red flag law, mental health orgs
Michigan’s Extreme Risk Protection Order, or ERPO, law, which allows a person’s firearms to be temporarily removed from their possession in the case of a mental health crisis, was a point of focus...
April M. Zeoli, PhD, MPH
Dr. April Zeoli is an Associate Professor in Health Management & Policy in the School of Public Health and the Director of the Policy Core in the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. She...