Multiple studies on the effects of armed guards on school grounds have shown that their presence does not equate to lower death rates
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Significant news media attention this week is directed at the oral arguments heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in the much-anticipated case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. The case presents a challenge to New York’s law that requires individuals to show a special need to defend themselves in order to be granted a license to carry a concealed pistol.
The Oxford High School Shooting: Tragedy in Our Midst
Significant news media attention this week is directed at the oral arguments heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in the much-anticipated case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. The case presents a challenge to New York’s law that requires individuals to show a special need to defend themselves in order to be granted a license to carry a concealed pistol.
Extreme Risk Protection Orders
Significant news media attention this week is directed at the oral arguments heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in the much-anticipated case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. The case presents a challenge to New York’s law that requires individuals to show a special need to defend themselves in order to be granted a license to carry a concealed pistol.
Awaiting the Supreme Court’s Next Declaration About Gun Rights
The news reports appear every day. More shootings. More heartache. More silence and inaction from those legislators who block consideration and discussion of statutory initiatives that might reduce risk and harm. It is easy to feel numb and bereft of hope when following developments affecting the issue of gun violence. […]
Learning, Worrying, and Wondering ‘What If?’ While Reading the News
Note: Gun violence prevention requires attention to a variety of underlying issues and problems. Suicide, in particular, represents a major component of harm from firearms. In typical years, two-thirds of gun deaths are from suicide. We are pleased that an early-career scholar at Michigan State University has shared with our […]
Suicide and Firearms among American Youth: Two Problems Intrinsically Linked
Pick a day, any day. News reports—at the local, state, and national level—tell us about troubling and tragic incidents of gun violence. We know that our pandemic era has led to a surge in gun purchases and a rise in assaults and homicides with firearms. Some of the stories and […]
Let’s not permit the issue of Gun Violence to be ...
Our fifteen-month pandemic experience gave us intensified problems with gun violence. We do not know the precise cause of the rise in gun violence that plagues our country. We can see very clearly, however, that we have made a significant—but hopefully temporary—step backward. At the same time, we also see […]
Day After Day, The Not-So-Happy News
I sit down at the computer on a quiet Sunday afternoon intending to briefly check the day’s news. After typing the name of the news service, up pops the webpage with many story titles from which to choose. The list of stories going down the left side of the webpage […]
We Sit Still. But the Problems Do Not.
A news report recently presented this disturbing headline: “There Were At Least 11 Mass Shootings Across the US This Weekend” (Silverman, 2021). Critics often express concern that the news media’s attention to such events distorts our understanding of gun violence in the United States. Indeed, if one were to view […]