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Hear from experts working to reduce firearm injury
Firearm Purchase and Storage During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dr. Ali Rowhani-Rahbar speaks on firearm buying and storage during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of a webinar series on firearm violence.
Be Smart
Resources and tools of the Be Smart campaign on safe storage practice, talking to children about guns, and other interactive resources.
Safe Storage Infographic (Spanish)
Print this infographic and hang it in your waiting room, exam room, or other clinic spaces to remind patients and clinicians about the importance of safe firearm storage.
Extreme Risk Protection Orders: New Recommendations for Policy and Implementation
This report provides new recommendations to address contemporary issues in Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) policy and implementation.
Firearm Safety and Injury Prevention
Policy statement by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) on the role of emergency physicians and firearm safety and injury prevention.
Voluntary Do-Not-Sell Lists — An Innovative Approach to Reducing Gun Suicides
A perspective piece on a clinician's role in counseling patients at risk of suicide by providing the option of Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List where it is available.
The Public Health Approach to Gun Violence Prevention
The report discusses a public health approach to prevent gun violence by defining and monitoring the issue, identifying risk and protective factors, developing and testing prevention strategies, and ensuring widespread adoption of effective strategies.
Reducing Violence Without Police: A Review of Research Evidence
This report by John Jay College Research Advisory Group on Preventing and Reducing Community Violence reviews and summarizes research on policies and programs known to reduce community violence without relying on police.
Disarming Domestic Abusers
This article proposes strategies to disarm domestic abusers, description of current and recommended legislation that would prohibit perpetrators of intimate partner violence from owning or possessing firearms, and litigation strategies to ensure meaningful enforcement.
2020 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report
This report reviews and analyzes Veteran suicide data from 2005 to 2018, overall and across categories, including the number of suicide deaths, the average number of suicides per day, suicide rates by race and ethnicity, and data in the situational context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
The Patterns Behind Mass Shootings and the Creation of The Violence Project
In this podcast, Dr. Jillian Peterson, President and Co-Founder of The Violence Project, joins The Ontic Protective Intelligence Podcast with Fred Burton to discuss pathways to violence and the prevention of mass shootings.
The Task Force on Mass Shootings and Assault Weapons
This report reviews and provides recommendations on firearm legislation, the connection between domestic violence and mass shootings and between mental health and mass shootings, and the regulation of the sale and transfer of guns, accessories, and ammunition.