Research Indicates That Red Flag Laws Work — But Only If People Know About Them
A sweeping study released this week found that public knowledge of Extreme Risk Protection Order laws, and public attitudes toward their implementation, is crucial to how effective and expansive they...
View ArticleTennessee Governor Bill Lee Called a Special Session on Public Safety....
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee officially called lawmakers back to Nashville for a special session on public safety, fulfilling a promise to do so after the General Assembly failed to pass an extreme...
View ArticleMinnesotans Will Soon Be Able to Disarm Dangerous People. Will it Save Lives?
Gun safety advocate Rachael Joseph knows the lasting toll of gun violence. Twenty years ago, Joseph’s aunt, Shelley Joseph-Kordell, was being stalked, harassed, and threatened for more than a year by...
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This New York County Is Disarming Record Numbers of Potentially Dangerous People
In August 2023, police in Suffolk County, New York, received a 911 call. A person put a fake gun to their head, threatening suicide. “Wait until I get a real one,” they said. The responding officer...
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It’s Hard to Implement Red Flag Laws. A New National Center Is Meant to Make...
Six years ago, the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, took the lives of 14 students and three educators. The massacre transformed many survivors and victims’...
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