November 2021

GOOD AFTERNOON,,

Every October, organizations working on violence prevention around the country observe Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) as a way to bridge and connect with others who are working on domestic violence and to raise collective awareness on those issues. Domestic Violence is prevalent in every community and affects all people. In the United States, more than 10 million adults experience domestic violence annually. When firearms are involved, domestic violence becomes lethal. Domestic violence firearm homicides reached a 26-year high during the pandemic as firearm homicides involving intimate partners increased 25% in 2020 compared to the previous year.

As part of DVAM, government leaders, community organizations, and advocates across the nation sounded the alarm on the concerning rise of domestic violence through different channels and working scopes. For example, federal legislative bills, such as, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021 (HR 2119) and Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021 (HR 1620) will provide funding to crimes against women and families, including programs, resources, and services centered on domestic violence. In terms of research, there are relevant studies published recently that examine the role of domestic violence in fatal mass shootings as well as the risk factors and challenges of domestic violence in rural areas where firearms are easily available and accessible. Check this month’s newsletter for more information on domestic violence including media highlights, podcasts, and webinars.

Federal updates

The Senate Appropriations Committee released their draft funding bills, which outlined funding for the following programs through DOJ, among others:
- $125,000,000 to National Instant Criminal Background Check System Initiative Grants, an increase of $40,000,000 above enacted level
- $2,000,000 for ATF to create a competitive grant program for universities and colleges to acquire ballistics ID equipment and programs
- $100,000,000 for Office of Justice Programs to issue grants for violence intervention and prevention programs, including to address gang and gun violence.
A Congressional Oversight hearing of the Department of Justice was held on October 21. During the House hearing, Attorney General Merrick Garland discussed his support of a national extreme risk protective order (ERPO) law; the need for firearm tracing/ elimination of ghost guns, and the importance of closing the background check loophole.
On October 27, the House Judiciary Committee held a markup hearing regarding HR 2377, the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021. The bill was voted out of Committee.
The Build Back Better Act, President Biden’s proposed infrastructure plan, includes $5 billion for community violence intervention programs. Congress is poised to vote on this in the coming weeks.

New resources

Everytown released updated 2020 data and analyses to its City Dashboard, featuring FBI and police department data on murders and gun homicides in nearly 500 U.S. cities
The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics updated its mortality quarterly provisional estimates. ATF released its annual statistic update 2021 in a report, Firearms Commerce in the United States.
Public Policy Institute of California’s report, Racial Disparities in Law Enforcement Stops
Hope and Heal Fund and Berkeley Media Studies Group’s report, Understanding Violence And Prevention During A Pandemic: California News About Guns, Gun Violence, And Firearm Suicide.
- Webinar recording on report release available on youtube
Battered Women’s Justice Project & Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence’s Conversation on the Intersection of Gun Violence and Domestic Violence (webinar recording).
Recent books:
- Police Psychology: New Trends in Forensic Psychological Science edited by Paulo Barbosa Marques and Mauro Paulino
- Book Chapter: Statewide evidence-based policing: The example of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services by Michael C. Green and Leigh Bates in The Globalization of Evidence-Based Policing

Judicial updates

Today, November 3, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. (NYSRPA) v. Bruen, a challenge to a 108-year-old New York state law requiring anyone who wishes to carry a handgun in public to demonstrate “proper cause” before they can obtain a license allowing them to do so. The Duke Center for Firearms Law did a brief breakdown of the amicus briefs for NYSRPA v. Bruen. There have been 84 amicus briefs submitted for this case, which is a little shy of the overall record of 94 briefs and well above the current average 16. The EFSGV-led brief, co-authored by several Consortium members, received a small mention: “Many of the briefs took unique angles. For example, one argued the right was limited to the militia; one introduced corpus linguistics; another asserted that gun violence is a public health problem.“

Media highlights

How the US Fails to Take Away Guns from Domestic Abusers: ‘These Deaths are Preventable’ – The Guardian
Keep Guns from Domestic Abusers – Op-ed featuring EFSGV staff Lisa Geller in The Progressive Magazine
Exploring the Connection Between Domestic Violence and Mass Violence – Mass Violence Podcast featuring EFSGV staff Lisa Geller
Gun Violence Claiming More Lives of American Teens, Children – Associated Press
U.S. Records Highest Increase in Nation’s Homicide Rate in Modern History, CDC Says – CNN
At Least Four Black Women and Girls Were Murdered Per Day in the U.S. Last Year – The Guardian
To Combat Gun Violence, Clean Up the Neighborhood – Op-ed from the New York Times by Eugenia C. South
Red Flag Laws are Saving Lives. They Could Save More – The Pew Charitable Trusts citing researchers and law enforcement professionals who have helped to shape the Consortium’s ongoing work on ERPOs; also from Pew: Bipartisan Support for Red Flag Laws Wanes as GOP Blocks Bills quoting Josh Horwitz
How to Persuade Americans to Give Up Their Guns – David Frum for The Atlantic

Upcoming events

November 4-6: Brady’s 2021 National Conference, Fed Up and Fired Up to End Gun Violence
November 9: Delaware Coalition Against Gun Violence’s webinar, Permitting Policy and Why Delaware Needs One
November 10: John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s 2021 Bloomberg American Health Summit
November 12: University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center’s 2nd Annual Virtual Injury Prevention Center Research Symposium
November 12-13: Everytown Survivor Network’s virtual summit, National Gun Violence Survivor Summit: Building Survivor CommUNITY
November 16: The BulletPoints Project’s webinar, Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs
November 16: The University of Colorado’s Injury & Violence Prevention Center and Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative’s webinar, Risk Assessment and Firearm Access
November 17: Battered Women Justice Project and the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms’s webinar, Firearm Restriction Laws and Intimate Partner Homicide: Protective Effects by Race
November 23: Joyce Foundation’s webinar, New Research on Juvenile Delinquency, Adult Firearm Access, Crime Outcomes
December 10: Joyce Foundation’s webinar, Research on Racial & Socioeconomic Disparities in Violence During Pandemic

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STUDIES

Amin D, Manhan A, Smith R, Roser SM, & Abramowicz S. (2021). Incidence of gunshot wounds to head and neck increased during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joms.2021.08.026

Barnard LM, McCarthy M, Knoepke CE, Kaplan S, Engeln J, & Betz ME. (2021). Colorado’s first year of extreme risk protection orders. Injury Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-021-00353-7

Barsotti C. (2021). Standing Affirm: EPs must counsel patients on firearm storage, access. Emergency Medicine News. https://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2021/10000/Standing_AFFIRM__EPs_Must_Counsel_Patients_on.18.aspx?context=LatestArticles

Betz ME & Haasz M. (2021). Divergent and unified: A path forward for firearm injury prevention. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2021.06.024

Blackwood KL & Christopher PP. (2021). U.S. extreme risk protection orders to prevent firearm injury: The clinician’s role. Annals of Internal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.7326/M21-2792

Bock JE, Tucker RP, Brown RP, Harrington EE, Bauer BW, Daruwala SE, Capron DW, & Anestis MD. (2021). Factors contributing to honor-endorsing men’s suicide capability: Firearm ownership, practical capability, and exposure to painful and provocative events. Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12807

Borchard K. (2021). Experimental writing on recent mass shootings. International Review of Qualitative Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/19408447211049523

Bossarte RM, Ziobrowski HN, Benedek DM, Dempsey CL, King AJ, Nock MK, Sampson NA, Stein MB, Ursano RJ, & Kessler RC. (2021). Mental disorders, gun ownership, and gun carrying among soldiers after leaving the army, 2016–2019. American Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306420

Buggs S & Zeoli AM. (2021). Gun homicide research: What we know and where we need to go. Homicide Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/10887679211048495

Carter PM, Cunningham RM, Eisman AB, Resnicow K, Roche JS, Cole JT, Goldstick J, Kilbourne AM, & Walton MA. (2021). Translating violence prevention programs from research to practice: SafERteens implementation in an urban emergency department. Journal of Emergency Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.09.003

Choi KR, O’Malley C, Ijadi-Maghsoodi R, Tascione E, Bath E, & Zima BT. (2021). A scoping review of police involvement in school crisis response for mental health emergencies. School Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-021-09477-z

Colon-Rivera H, Rolin AI, & Dixon LB. (2021). Adolescent suicide: Identifying risk and implementing interventions. Psychiatric Services. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.721002

Fleegler EW. (2021). Our limited knowledge of youth suicide risk and firearm access. JAMA Network Open. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.27965

Fox JA & Levin J. (2021). Mass murder in America: Trends, characteristics, explanations, and policy response. Homicide Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/10887679211043803

Goolsby C, Lala V, Gebner R, Dacuyan‐Faucher N, Charlton N, & Schuler K. (2021). Emergency physician risk of occupational mortality: A scoping review. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12554

Green DA & Evans AM. (2021). Undue police violence toward African Americans: An analysis of professional counselors’ training and perceptions. Journal of Counseling & Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12389

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Hsu HT, Fulginiti A, Petering R, Barman-Adhikari A, Bedell K, Ferguson KM, Narendorf SC, Shelton J, Santa Maria D, Bender K, & Rice E. (2021). Understanding the correlates of firearm violence involvement among young adults experiencing homelessness: A 7-city study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2021.02.016

Iwama J. (2021). Reducing violence?: Examining the impact of gun control legislation in Massachusetts. Justice Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2021.1985593

Kagawa RM, McCort CD, Schleimer J, Pear VA, Charbonneau A, Buggs SA, Wintemute GJ, & Laqueur HS. (2021). Racial bias and DUI enforcement: Comparing conviction rates with frequency of behavior. Criminology & Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12558

Katz I. (2021). Harm reduction for veterans (and others) who carry guns and experience anger attacks. American Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306470

Kruis NE, Wentling RL, Frye TS, & Rowland NJ. (2021). Firearm ownership, defensive gun usage, and support for gun control: Does knowledge matter? American Journal of Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-021-09644-7

Liller KD & Mehmood A. (2021). The important role for physicians as advocates for firearm and road traffic injury prevention. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1177/15598276211039458

Loder RT, Young A, & Atoa B. (2021). Firearm injuries associated with law enforcement activity. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2021.102249

Lu X, Astur R, & Gifford, T. (2021). Effects of gunfire location information and guidance on improving survival in virtual mass shooting events. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102505

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