The Latest: An Upcoming Symposium on White Supremacy and Gun Violence; Court Ruling Allows Domestic Abusers to Keep Guns An update from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions: - Accepting proposals for a virtual symposium to feature expert insight on the connection between white supremacy and gun violence.
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In two new op-eds, Center experts strongly criticize a Texas court ruling that allows domestic abusers to keep their firearms.
- Report by researchers at the Center proposes solutions to gun violence in Illinois.
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Center team members featured on the Public Health on Call podcast share insight into the CDC’s 2021 firearm fatality data and gun safety progress in Oregon.
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Accepting Submissions: Center to Convene Experts for Symposium on White Supremacy and Gun Violence
On February 9, 2023, the Center will host a virtual symposium on the deadly intersection of white supremacy and firearms. The merging of white supremacy, political violence, guns and the Second Amendment is both deadly and complex.
Expert panelists and presenters will break down the problem and discuss evidence-based solutions that can have an impact on the local, state and federal levels.
Proposals are being accepted until Thursday, December 15 for both plenary sessions and panels. Please fill out this form to submit a proposal.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Janel Cubbage, MS, LCPC, Strategic Partnerships and Equity Program Manager ([email protected]) or Kelly Roskam, JD, Director of Law and Policy ([email protected]).
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Center Leaders Respond to Court Decision on Domestic Violence, Warn of Legal and Public Health Impacts
Focusing on the public health component of gun violence, Center team members Shannon Frattaroli, PhD, MPH, and Lisa Geller, MPH, joined April Zeoli, PhD, MPH from the University of Michigan’s Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention to co-write an op-ed that was published in The Conversation. Their piece responds to a ruling by a judge in Texas that will remove key guardrails that prevent domestic abusers from accessing firearms. Read the full piece in The Conversation.
Emphasizing the flaws in the legal analysis in the case, Kelly Roskam, JD, and Spencer Cantrell, JD, worked with Natalie Nanasi, JD, from the Hunter Legal Center for Victims of Crimes Against Women at the SMU Dedman School of Law to publish a piece in the National Law Journal. The authors argue that the judge’s reliance on flawed historical analysis will lead to a rise in domestic violence, costing lives. Read the full piece in the National Law Journal.
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New Report Offers Updated Policy Recommendations in Illinois
As the Illinois legislature is set to consider new gun safety laws, Center members released a 16-page report that makes policy recommendations to reduce gun violence across the state. Five months ago, a mass shooting took place in Highland Park, IL perpetrated by a man with a history of threatening violence and posting violent gun-related images online. This is in addition to the daily toll of persistently high levels of community violence in the state. The report’s recommendations address flaws in the state’s gun safety laws, calling for the barring of gun permits for those younger than 21, banning large-capacity magazines and strengthening the state’s Extreme Risk Protection Order law. To learn more about the report, join the Joyce Foundation for a webinar on December 15 featuring the Center’s Lisa Geller, MPH, and Tim Carey, JD. Register here. Read about the Center’s policy recommendations in the Chicago Tribune and view the full report here.
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Analyzing the 2021 CDC Firearm Fatality Data and Gun Safety Progress in Oregon
The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions recently released a new analysis of the Center for Disease Control’s preliminary 2021 firearm fatality data--revealing an alarming rise in gun-related homicides and suicides during the pandemic. The Center’s analysis also highlighted the racial disparities in gun deaths, noting the disproportionate risk faced by Blacks and Latinos/Hispanics.
To discuss the data in further detail, Ari Davis, MPP, policy advisor at the Center, joined the Public Health On Call podcast hosted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In the episode, Davis not only discusses the key points from the 2021 data, but describes effective public health solutions to the crisis.
Listen to the podcast and read the Center’s analysis of the 2021 CDC firearm fatality data.
Cass Crifasi, PhD, MPH, deputy director of the Center, also recently spoke with Public Health on Call to discuss Oregon’s Measure 114 which restricts magazine capacity for firearms and requires purchasers to obtain a permit which includes a background check and safety training. The Center’s research was instrumental in informing and inspiring the grassroots effort to get Measure 114 on the ballot and to getting it passed by the voters. Listen to the podcast episode about Oregon.
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In the News CNN: America’s gun epidemic is deadlier than ever, and there are vast disparities in who’s dying Ari Davis, policy advisor at the Center for Gun Violence Solutions, spoke with CNN about the demographic disparities found in the CDC’s firearm fatality data, which showed that Blacks and Latinos/Hispanics are at far greater risk. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Children under fire: Framing gun violence as a public health epidemic
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cited the Center’s analysis that demonstrated that gun violence is now the leading cause of death in children, teens and young adults under 25.
The Daily Orange: In midst of increased mass shootings nationwide, Syracuse Police Department, Syracuse University remain vigilant
Josh Horwitz, JD, co-director of the Center for Gun Violence Solutions, discussed how gun violence on university campuses is part of the bigger problem of gun violence nationwide.
Oregon Capital Chronicle: Some Oregon gun shops selling weapons to customers who might fail a background check
Daniel Webster, ScD '91, MPH, co-director of the Center for Gun Violence Solutions, discussed Measure 114, a successful ballot initiative in Oregon that will implement new gun safety laws. Webster addressed the role of law enforcement in enacting stricter background checks.
The Conversation: Red flag laws and the Colorado LGBTQ club shooting – questions over whether state’s protection order could have prevented tragedy
Alex McCourt, JD, PhD '19, MPH, assistant professor at the Center for Gun Violence Solutions, wrote about the effectiveness and implementation of Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Colorado.
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