Tens of thousands of firearm dealers across the country will now be required to run background checks on buyers. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,...
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U-M Livestream: Reducing the Risk: Firearms and Mental Health
U-M livestream: Reducing the Risk: Firearms and Mental Health DATE: Noon-1 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2024 EVENT: “Reducing the Risk: Firearms and Mental Health” Experts from the University of Michigan...
Media Mention: Real-Time Opioid Overdose Data Improves Safety Response from Community
Opioid overdose deaths have grown ten-fold in Michigan since 2000, and the opioid epidemic continues to be a major public health crisis impacting thousands of Michiganders and their loved ones. To...
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Media Mention: Gun violence prevention experts talk Newaygo County Shooting
A five-year-old boy was shot and killed in Garfield Township, MI in early April. Dr. Patrick Carter spoke with FOX 17 about the importance of evidence-based strategies for firearm violence prevention.
Media Mention: Why Even Public Health Experts Have Limited Insight Into Stopping Gun Violence in America
Gun violence is among America’s most deadly and costly public health crises. But unlike other big killers — diseases like cancer and HIV or dangers like automobile crashes and cigarettes — sparse...
Unpacking Firearm Access and Firearm Violence Exposure Among American Indian or Alaskan Native and Black Adults
Mueller-Williams AC, Coughlin LN, Goldstick JE Abstract: Firearm violence poses a significant and increasing threat to well-being in the US. Per-capita firearm mortality rates increased by nearly...
Firearm manufacturing and imports in the USA and their association to firearm homicides in Central America and the Caribbean, 1991-2019
Weigend Vargas, E., Hans, Z., Wiebe, D. J., & Goldstick, J. E. Abstract Background:Firearm manufacturing and imports grew in the US during the mid-2000s. We hypothesise those increases...
University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention Research Day
The hybrid event highlighted the Institute’s accomplishments over the past three years, as well as key research and programs that we are conducting in the State of Michigan and nationwide with...
University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention Research Day
April 12, 2024 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Hybrid event (in-person and virtual registration required) Register here Join us for the 2024 University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention...
Media Mention: MI residents must now lock up guns when a minor is in the house
Michigan residents are now required by law to safely store their guns while a minor is in the house. There’s a range of devices Michigan residents can get to safely store their firearm, and many...
U-M livestream: What the state’s new gun laws mean for Michigan residents
Watch the recording of the event and learn more about the new laws U-M livestream: What the state's new gun laws mean for Michigan residents DATE: Noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 EVENT: "Michigan's...