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After a series of mass shootings throughout the year, some say there is more momentum now to pass gun safety reform laws and it could be a key issue for some candidates running in 2024.
When evidence-based firearm injury prevention policies such as extreme risk protection orders are implemented properly, they can play a significant role in preventing gun-related injuries and death, according to a new scientific policy review led by Michigan Public Health researcher April Zeoli.
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April Zeoli, associate professor of Health Management and Policy, testified before a Congressional forum held by the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force on June 5 where she discussed firearm injury prevention policy.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation on Monday, May 22 enacting extreme risk protection orders, also known as red flag laws. April Zeoli, professor of Health Management and Policy and policy core director at the U-M Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, discusses the laws and what research tells us about their use in preventing firearm injuries and death.