Six months into the year, more than 21,000 people have died because of gun-related injuries in the United States. Doctors and public health officials have a word to describe the rising number of...
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Media Mention: Why Some Americans Buy Firearms
Sociologists are just beginning to understand who is buying guns and how gun ownership makes them feel. Self-defense is the top reason Americans purchase handguns. But a study of individuals who...
Firearms Availability Among High-School Age Youth With Recent Depression or Suicidality
Haasz M, Myers MG, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Zimmerman, MA, Seewald, L, Sokol, RL, Cunningham, R, and Carter, PM. Firearms Availability Among High-School Age Youth With Recent Depression or Suicidality....
Updated firearm injury prevention bills signed into law: UM expert discusses
New laws that strengthen safe storage of firearms and background checks on purchasers go into effect in early 2024 and are considered the most significant changes to gun safety measures in Michigan...
Media Mention: Costs for firearm-related injuries – who is responsible?
While data for the cost of mass shooting-related injuries is limited, the treatment for health care tied to gun violence totals billions each year, drawing on public and private insurance ultimately...
Center for American Progress Report on Firearm Violence in Michigan
Read the 2022 CAP report on gun violence in Michigan, produced in partnership with Progress Michigan, for more information about the initial steps the state has taken toward gun safety. This report...
Institute faculty present at national injury and violence prevention conference
U-M Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention faculty and postdoctoral trainees will attend and give presentations at the 2023 Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) Annual...
Media Mention: Leading cause of death data resurfaces following string of mass shootings
Dr. Jason Goldstick speaks with NBC News about his 2022 paper which found firearms surpassed motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of death among children and teens following multiple mass...
Media Mention: Child and adolescent mortality rates are rising nationally, with Michigan following a similar trend
The mortality rate for children and adolescents due to injuries has been rising since 2019, a national study found. The study attributes these deaths to spikes in suicides, homicides, and overdoses...
Media Mention: Surge in U.S., Michigan youth mortality rates prompts worries
Drs. Jason Goldstick and Cynthia Ewell Foster speak with Detroit News about firearm-related injuries being the No. 1 cause of death for children and adolescents in 2021 and firearms being...
Media Mention: Safe storage proposal looks to tackle gun suicides among youth
A bill introduced in the state legislature criminalizes improperly storing a firearm where it may be accessed by a minor. The proposed safe storage rule would require gun owners who plan to leave a...
Media Mention: The data on firearms following another mass shooting in Michigan
“In the most recent years, we’ve seen the highest absolute number of firearm deaths that we’ve ever seen,” said Dr. Patrick Carter, co-director of the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm...