The Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy
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GOOD MORNING, CONSORTIUM MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE CONSORTIUM,
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January was quite the start to 2021: between the Senate race runoffs in Georgia, violent insurrection at the Capitol, record-breaking COVID stats, and the Biden/Harris inauguration and welcoming of the new administration, the month was a veritable roller coaster. As we turn now to Gun Violence Survivors Week (Feb 1-7) and Black History Month, we recognize and reaffirm our commitment to evidence-based and equitable approaches to gun violence prevention. Throughout it all, our work continues and we have new resources and an incredible amount of new gun violence research to share.
New resources:
- Hot off the presses, Microstamping: A Technology to Help Solve Gun Crimes, Identify Gun Trafficking Networks and Reduce Gun Violence by the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence launches today.
- Register: the report release webinar is TODAY, February 2, at 2pm EST
- Microstamping provides law enforcement with the tools to quickly link firearm cartridge casings found at the scene of a crime to a specific firearm, without having to recover the firearm itself. It is a powerful tool to help law enforcement interrupt gun trafficking networks, solve more gun crimes, and build trust within the communities they serve.
- The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Implement the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention features specific recommendations related to firearms including Consortium-recommended lethal means safety counseling and ERPO – all part of Action 3 ” Ensure Lethal Means Safety,” beginning page 35.
- The Rocky Mountain MIRECC has a new website on lethal means safety featuring evidence, counseling, recommendations, and resources, all widely applicable but especially relevant for clinicians working with Veterans.
- The Joyce Foundation’s report The Next 100 Questions: A Research Agenda For Ending Gun Violence and webinar recording The State of Gun Violence Research – Past, Present and Future identify new paths of inquiry into reducing gun deaths and injuries in America.
- Strict Gun Laws Likely Saved Lives During the Capitol Insurrection from the Duke Firearms Law Center explores the idea that “the failed coup attempt shows that some criminals actually do obey gun laws. And the existence of those laws helped ensure that the tinderbox ignited January 6 at the Nation’s Capital wasn’t more lethal and destructive.”
- Recording available: Colorado School of Public Health’s January 14 webinar, Rethink: Talking about Firearm Injury and Gun Violence.
- Research funding opportunities:
- NIH funding notice: The National Institutes of Health intends to publish one or more invitations for funding applications for research on firearm injury and mortality prevention. NIH is interested in investing up to $12.5M in FY 2021 on this topic, pending available funds.
- From the CDC:
Upcoming events:
Want more? Please visit our newsletter archive and join us on twitter.
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Durkin A, Willmore B, Sarnoff CN, & Hemenway D. (2020). The firearms data gap. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics.
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Friedman JK, Mytty E, Ninokawa S, Reza T, Kaufman E, Raza S, Horwitz B, Asher J, Taghavi S, Guidry C, & Duchesne J. (2021). A tale of two cities: What’s driving the firearm mortality difference in two large urban centers? American Surgeon.
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Lyons VH, Floyd AS, Griffin E, Wang J, Hajat A, Carone M, Benkeser D, Whiteside LK, Haggerty KP, Rivara FP, & Rowhani-Rahbar A. (2020). Helping individuals with firearm injuries: A cluster randomized trial. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.
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