The Latest: Symposium convenes hundreds, new videos explain firearm licensing
In this latest update from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions:
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Experts Analyze the Deadly Intersection of White Supremacy and Firearms
On February 9, the Center, along with the Bloomberg American Health Initiative and the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School, hosted an all-day virtual symposium on the complex and deadly intersection of white supremacy, political violence, guns and the Second Amendment. The plenary sessions and various panels all explored the crisis in great depth, charting for attendees both the history and the evidence-based path forward.
Sessions included discussions of youth attitudes towards firearms, the link between gun culture and white supremacist political violence, and legal theory perspectives on race, gun violence and the Second Amendment. The Symposium was co-hosted by Michelle Spencer, MS, associate director of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, Janel Cubbage, MPH, MS, LCPC, strategic partnerships and equity program manager at the Center, and Josh Horwitz, the Dana Feitler Professor of the Practice in Gun Violence Prevention and Advocacy and co-director of the Center.
Watch videos and read more about the Symposium
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Exploring Why Firearm Purchaser Licensing Laws are Effective
What are permit to purchase laws? How do firearm purchaser licensing laws work? Two new videos produced by the Center provide brief explainers of this critical tool of gun violence prevention, defining key terms and addressing common misconceptions about these laws.
Permit to purchase laws enhance universal background checks by establishing a licensing application process and can include additional components such as fingerprinting and a built-in waiting period. Check out the videos below to learn more about how firearm purchaser licensing laws can prevent those at risk for future interpersonal violence or suicide from obtaining firearms as well as reduce gun trafficking.
Video: Overview of Permit to Purchase Laws
Video: Data Supporting Permit to Purchase Laws |
Horwitz and Frattaroli Recognized with Prestigious Award for Center’s ERPO Research
Shannon Frattaroli, PhD, and Josh Horwitz, JD, both core faculty at the Center, were recently selected as recipients of the inaugural Sommer Klag Advocacy Achievement Award for their efforts to advocate for Extreme Risk Protection Orders (EPROs), a key, evidence-based solution to the crisis of gun violence. The $100,000 award is designed to both support Horwitz and Frattaroli’s continued advocacy and help develop the pipeline of future public health advocates.
The Sommer Klag Advocacy Award, made possible by a generous gift from Helaine Lerner and her late husband, Sid Lerner, honors two leaders in the field, School of Public Health Deans Emeriti Alfred Sommer and Michael Klag. The award seeks to inspire the next generation of advocates and champions for solutions to the public health crises of our time, including gun violence.
Learn more about Frattaroli and Horwitz’s Recognition
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grants Center $5 Million to Expand Research Efforts
A new grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will allow the Center to enhance its efforts to measure public support for gun violence prevention policies and programs, conduct equity-centered policy analysis and evaluation research, and expand and diversify the field of gun violence prevention researchers to lift the perspectives of underrepresented groups.
Among other objectives, the grant funding will help the Center collect and analyze data on shootings by police, assess penalties for illegal gun possession and the impact of those penalties on arrests and other outcomes, and assess how structural racism and social vulnerability impact the effectiveness of gun policies.
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Center Receives $2 Million Justice Department Grant to Launch New Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center
Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are an integral tool in gun violence prevention. By temporarily prohibiting someone at risk of harming themselves or others from purchasing and possessing firearms, ERPOs are a promising solution to address firearm suicide and have been successfully used in response to mass shooting threats. Now, with a grant funded by the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the Center is launching the Johns Hopkins ERPO Resource Center to provide training and technical assistance on implementing these critical laws across the country.
Co-directed by Lisa Geller, MPH, the Center's director of state affairs, and Spencer Cantrell, JD, the Center’s director of federal affairs, the ERPO Resource Center will partner with state and local government, law enforcement and other entities tasked with implementing ERPOs. Read more about the Johns Hopkins ERPO Resource Center |
Roskam Highlights the Dangerous Implications of the Fifth Circuit’s Ruling Protecting Abusers’ Guns
In a recent blog, Kelly Roskam, JD, director of law and policy at the Center, explains the far-reaching implications of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a federal law that barred possession of firearms by those subject to domestic violence protection orders. Now, across Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana, dangerous abusers with a history of violence will be allowed to carry guns freely. As Roskam explains, the Fifth Circuit’s decision is a dangerous yet predictable outcome of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen, and is “just the latest alarming development in a new era of Second Amendment cases.” Read the full article on the Center website |
In the News
The Washington Post: Gun owners favor requiring parents to lock up weapons. It’s lawmakers who don’t.
Daniel Webster, distinguished research scholar at the Center for Gun Violence Solutions, discussed the roadblocks to adopting laws that require safe storage of firearms, highlighting how an overwhelming majority of Americans support such gun safety measures.
Colorado Public Radio: ERPO in 8 charts: What we learned from reading hundreds of ‘red flag’ cases in Colorado
Shannon Frattaroli, core faculty member at the Center for Gun Violence Solutions, explained the critical role of local law authorities in enforcing Extreme Risk Protection Orders to prevent incidents of gun violence.
BBC: Why number of US mass shootings has risen sharply
Josh Horwitz, co-director of the Center for Gun Violence Solutions, drew a connection between the rise in gun ownership and the increase in incidents of gun violence across the country.
USA Today: A child shot his teacher, a 72-year-old man opened fire in public: Here’s what that tells us about guns in America.
Lisa Geller, state affairs advisor at the Center for Gun Violence Solutions, highlighted the centrality of access to firearms to the rise in gun deaths, analyzing recent mass shootings nationwide.
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