Extreme Risk Protection Orders, often known as ‘red flag’ laws, save lives—but only when people know how to act on early warning signs. The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions will soon release two new guides equipping clinicians and clergy, often the first to notice signs of crisis, with practical tools to help remove
Denver officials have told the City Council that no ShotSpotter replacement is lined up for when the current gunshot detection technology contract expires in December. The city isn’t planning on purchasing new gunshot detection technology or equipment next year. ShotSpotter microphones ‘listen’ for nearby gunshots and alert the police automatically. Officials said that once the
From left: Ceasefire Executive Director Laney Sheffel; Catie Fowler of the CO Office of the Attorney General; Eileen McCarron of Ceasefire Legislative Action; CO Sen. Tom Sullivan; and Harold Fields of the Denver Black Reparations Council. Last week’s screening of the documentary ‘The Great Divide,’ at Sie FilmCenter, attracted more than 100 gun violence prevention
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and for all the attention mass shootings and gun murders receive, the vast majority of gun deaths are suicides. Though gun homicides have fallen for the fourth consecutive year, CDC data shows that firearm suicides reached an all-time high in 2025. Notably, youth suicide rates have dramatically increased, especially
Giorgio Trovato/Unsplash The Atlantic has a well-reported piece on how pro-gun political-action committees dramatically increase contributions to their preferred U.S. House candidates in the districts where fatal school shootings occur. The piece cites a Stanford University study that found such spending did not happen after other incidents of mass gun violence, or after nonfatal school
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reposted highly disputed defensive gun use numbers last month, The Trace has found. The CDC’s web page on firearm injury and death prevention has now been edited to say Americans use guns to defend themselves an estimated 60,000 to 2.5 million times each year. Numbers on the actual
This week marks the third annual SMART Week, when we work to spread the word on the critical importance of secure firearm storage in gun violence prevention. You can help! Be SMART promotes secure gun storage as a means to prevent kids under 18 and other unauthorized users from accessing guns: Secure all guns in
Matthew Ansley/Unsplash The U.S. Justice Department finalized a rule last week enabling people who have lost their gun rights after felony convictions to apply to get those rights back. It’s the latest move in the administration’s fealty to the gun lobby, which also includes rolling back restrictions on suppressors and suing cities and states with
The FMDA (Free Men Don’t Ask) 3D-printed gun A federal judge in Texas last week ruled that a regulation targeting ‘ghost guns’ is unconstitutional, even after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld it last year. The regulation requires that firearms kits and parts, including partially complete frames or receivers, be marked with serial numbers. Sellers must
This piece in the New York Times explores why Wyoming consistently rates among the highest-suicide-rate states. The answer, the author says, is simple and common among red states: easy access to guns, social and physical isolation, and a culture that treats people seeking help for mental illness as weak or “liberal.” The writer mentions the
