June 2021

GOOD AFTERNOON, CONSORTIUM MEMBERS AND FRIENDS,

June is Gun Violence Awareness Month, highlighting the ongoing public health crisis of gun violence in the United States and the urgent need to take action. To spread awareness, we encourage you to Wear Orange: Orange was adopted as the symbolic color of gun violence awareness after the shooting death of Hadiya Pendleton in 2013. Hadiya should have been celebrating her 24th birthday this June. Instead, we wear orange in her name – and for all those whose lives have been taken by gun violence.

June is also Pride Month, and we are taking this opportunity to speak out about the disproportionate impact of gun violence on the LGBTQ+ community. Gun violence has long been a significant concern to this community, which has experienced unspeakable tragedy in recent years, such as the Pulse nightclub shooting that took the lives of 49 people five years ago this month, and record-setting firearm violence against Black and Latinx transgender women. There is still a great deal of research to be done on rates of gun violence against and among LGBTQ+ people. We are hopeful that, with new streams of funding from the CDC and NIH, we will be able to learn more about the intersection of gun violence prevention and gender justice.

Career opportunity: The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence is hiring a Research Translation Manager, a role that will in part work with the Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy. Please share with your networks!

Congressional/Federal updates

ERPO Act: Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) re-introduced the Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Act. The ERPO Act would create a federal grant program through DOJ COPS to support implementation efforts of state extreme risk laws. The bill includes recommendations from the Consortium’s 2020 ERPO report; the Consortium signed onto a letter in support of the bill.
The Justice Department issued model legislation related to ERPOs and proposed new regulations for firearms stabilizing braces. CNN’s coverage of the proposals mentions the Consortium’s work on ERPO.

New resources

University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center launched a newly updated, free MOOC, Injury Prevention for Children and Teens
Prevention Institute, in partnership with the Big Cities Health Coalition, published a new report, Community Safety Realized: Public Health Pathways to Preventing Violence
Recent books:
- Gun Violence Prevention: A Public Health Approach – Linda Degutis and Howard Spivak, Eds.
- Children Under Fire – John Woodrow Cox

Judicial updates

Weber v. Ohio is newly pending cert before the Supreme Court. Originating from the Supreme Court of Ohio, the case deals with a legal challenge to Ohio state law prohibiting the carrying and use of firearms while intoxicated. The challenger was convicted under the law when police responded to his wife’s 911 call and found him in his home, heavily intoxicated, and holding a shotgun. The court upheld the law, noting, in part, that since the law narrowly targets only the usage or carrying of a gun while a person is intoxicated (a notably dangerous state) and does not prevent ownership or possession of firearms generally, then it does not violate the Second Amendment.
Young v. Hawaii is also pending cert before the Supreme Court. The case garnered a great deal of attention when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals released its opinion on March 24, 2021, where a 7-4 majority upheld Hawaii’s public carry permitting scheme against a Second Amendment challenge. Young is notable not only because of its subject matter, but also for the robust historical analysis the court undertakes to discern the boundaries of the Second Amendment. The opinion is over 100 pages long and delves into over 700 years of legal history. Our friends at the Duke Center for Firearms Law released insightful reflections on the opinion shortly after it was published.
A federal judge overturned California’s three decades long assault weapons ban in a ruling that compares AR-15s with Swiss Army knives; the judge has a history of similar rulings. Stayed for 30 days, the decision has been met with sharp critiques. The state is appealing.

Media highlights

Stopping Gun Violence Before It Starts: How Community-Based Violence Prevention Programs Keep People Safe – JHU’s Public Health On Call podcast featuring Shani Buggs
An Arms Race in America: Gun Buying Spiked During the Pandemic. It’s Still Up. – Garen Wintemute, Matt Miller, others quoted in the New York Times
The ATF Catches Thousands of Lawbreaking Gun Dealers Every Year. It Shuts Down Very Few – investigation from The Trace and USA TODAY, discussed on Brady United’s podcast: Why — and how — are lawbreaking gun dealers being protected?
A Quiet Bipartisan Effort on Gun Background Checks May Have a Path to a Deal – The Trace
Gun Violence Prevention: What a Study of Mass Shootings Tells Us About How to Prevent Them – JHU’s Public Health On Call podcast featuring guest host Daniel Webster with Jillian Peterson and James Densley
Violent Crime Is Spiking. Do Liberals Have an Answer? – The Ezra Klein Show featuring James Forman Jr.
Washington Voters Led Much of the Nation in Saying Guns Must Sometimes be Seized to Prevent Violence. How’s the Law Working? – Ali Rowhani-Rahbar and Shannon Frattaroli quoted in the Seattle Times
The Gun Data Expert Who’s Changing the Way the Media Defines Mass Shootings – The Trace interview with Gun Violence Archive founder Mark Bryant
Gun Violence Prevention: A Focus on Police Violence – JHU’s Public Health On Call podcast featuring guest host Daniel Webster with Tracey Meares

Upcoming events

June 8: Prevention Institute’s webinar, Community Safety Realized: Public Health Pathways to Preventing Violence
June 10: NCADV’s webinar, Domestic Violence and Firearms: Restrictions, Relief, Reports, and Resources
June 10: SAVIR’s Grand Rounds webinar, Intimate Partner Violence: Research, Policy, and Practice
June 15: BulletPoints Project’s webinar, Epidemiology of Firearm Injury and Death
June 15: Hope and Heal Fund and Women Against Gun Violence’s A Conversation with John Woodrow Cox: Children Under Fire
July 10-11: Chi-Town GVP’s event, Chi-Town GVP Summit 2021

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STUDIES

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