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GOOD AFTERNOON,
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On January 6, 2021, over 1,000 disillusioned attackers, including armed insurrectionists, stormed the U.S. Capitol to undermine the 2020 presidential election. Claims that the presidential election was stolen and voting fraud was committed were debunked and dismissed through facts and evidence. Nevertheless, three years have passed, and these “disillusioned” beliefs and conspiracies about the election are growing and creating a wider political divide. A poll, conducted last summer, found nearly 70% of Republicans believe Biden’s win was illegitimate. These insurrection ideologies are important to address as threats of armed political violence continue to grow across the nation ultimately challenging our democracy.
This month we are featuring Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions report, “Defending Democracy: Addressing the Dangers of Armed Insurrection” authored by Tim Carey, Kelly Roskam, and Joshua Horwitz. The report recounts the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and makes recommendation to reduce armed threats of political violence in the future.
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The “Defending Democracy” report examines the growing threat of insurrectionist ideologies and how the threat of armed insurrection can be prevented with effective policies and practices at the local, state, and national levels focused on protecting the integrity of the nation’s democratic processes.
Recommendations in the report include regulating the public carry of firearms, prohibiting the civilian possession of firearms in locations essential to political participation to protect the core functions of government, enacting and implementing extreme risk protection order laws to temporarily disarm people who pose a high risk of violence, repealing or creating exceptions for firearm preemption laws to give local governments the ability to create policies to address risks of insurrectionism in their jurisdictions, and break the insurrectionist permission structure by openly denouncing violence.
You can find an interesting discussion about the report on the podcast, Public Health on Call: How Armed Insurrection Threatens Public Health.
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SELECTED RESEARCH ARTICLES
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Betz ME, Meza K, Friedman K, Moceri-Brooks J, Johnson ML, Simonetti J, Baker JC, Bryan CJ, & Anestis MD. (2023). ‘Whether it’s your weapon or not, it’s your home’: US military spouse perspectives on personal firearm storage. BMJ Mil Health. https://doi.org/10.1136/military-2023-002591
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Chammas M, Pust GD, Meizoso JP, Ramsay IA, Ke H, Rattan R, Namias N, Crandall M, & Yeh DD. (2023). Firearm legislation: The association between neighboring states and crude death rates. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000003952
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Docherty M, Kubik J, & Drawve G. (2023). Examining predictors of suicide by firearm in young, middle, and late adulthood. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.13035
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Lennon T, Kemal S, Heffernan ME, Bendelow A, Sheehan K, Davis MM, & Macy ML. (2023). Childhood exposure to firearm violence in Chicago and its impact on mental health. Academic Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2023.12.001
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Marineau LA, Uzzi M, Buggs SA, Ihenacho N, & Campbell JC. (2023). Risk and protective factors for firearm assault injuries among Black men: A scoping review of research. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380231217042
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Miller AB, Oppenheimer CW, Chew RF, Weitzel KJ, D’Arcangelo B, Barnes A, Lowe A, & Yaros AC. (2023). Exploring whether mental health crisis text conversations that include discussion of firearms differ from those without firearms. Preventive Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107783
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Parker EM, Xu L, D’Inverno A, Haileyesus T, & Peterson C. (2023). The health and economic impact of youth violence by injury mechanism. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.12.019
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Reeping PM, Gobaud AN, Morrison CN, & Branas CC. (2023). The effect of gun-free school zones on crimes committed with a firearm in Saint Louis, Missouri. Journal of Urban Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-023-00800-4
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Smart R, Barnes-Proby D, Holmes P, Schell TL, & Morral AR. (2023). Racial and ethnic differences in the effects of state firearm laws: A systematic review subgroup analysis. Injury Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-023-00477-y
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Udoh K, Wessel C, Branch R, Mahler J, Holland J, Coleman B, Alluri S, Jordan S, Ahmed A, Polzin B, Dye C, Smith K, Brown A, Gully Z, Sawning S, Ziegler C, Ruther M, Jones C, & Miller K. (2023). Evaluating the feasibility of a novel firearm injury prevention program for pre-adolescent children through health care and community-based partnerships: The Future Healers program pilot study. The American Surgeon. https://doi.org/10.1177/00031348231220595
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