About the Consortium
The Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy comprises more than 30 leading experts committed to advancing evidence-based gun violence prevention policies. The Consortium is led by a steering committee of six experienced researchers working on the intersections of gun violence prevention, public health, law, behavioral health, medicine, and criminology.
Best known for its development of the extreme risk protection order policy (ERPO), also known as red flag laws, the Consortium has published reports on evidence-based recommendations for state and federal policy, best practices for firearm removal in cases of domestic violence, and guidelines for practice and training in lethal means safety counseling for firearm suicide prevention.
Since its creation in 2013, it has published six reports offering evidence-based gun violence prevention policy recommendations. In turn, federal and state policymakers have come to rely upon the Consortium’s recommendations to craft legislation and executive action, and to inform implementation efforts which continue to shape the policy landscape of the gun violence prevention movement.
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Alcohol Misuse and Gun Violence: an Evidence Based Approach for State Policy
Co-authored with the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, this report recommends that more states adopt comprehensive firearm purchaser licensing laws based on years of evidence that these laws are effective in reducing gun violence.
These recommendations include five core components to maximize public health benefits: Firearms safety training, fingerprinting, in-person application, comprehensive background checks, and waiting periods between application and possession of a firearm.
