This spring, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed 10 gun safety bills into law for the state of Michigan. The changes include expanding universal background checks for gun purchases, creating safe storage...
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Media Mention: Michigan “gun-free zones” – do they work?
Laws involving gun-free zones vary, and there is no official legal definition for the term. But in the broadest sense, these zones are meant to help reduce firearm-related injuries and deaths in...
Media Mention: Using the Emergency Department to help prevent violence
Dr. Laura Seewald from Hurley Medical Center and the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan shares information on how using the Emergency Department can help prevent...
Media Mention: Is gun violence an epidemic in the U.S.? Experts and history say it is
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...
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...
Media Mention: Safe storage at forefront of discussions following another accidental shooting
A toddler was killed in an accidental shooting in Howell, MI in June, only a couple of weeks following the passage and signing of new state safe storage laws that are set to go into effect in 2024....
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...