Firearms

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$998K awarded to U-M researchers to evaluate effectiveness of school-based firearm storage campaign

The study seeks to inform national implementation strategies for secure firearm storage by leveraging community and educational partnerships.

University of Michigan School of Public Health and Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention researchers recently secured a $998,907 grant from the National Institute of Justice to evaluate a community-led, school-based secure firearm storage campaign in high schools across Michigan.

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SCOTUS to decide if domestic abusers can own guns

Commentary from Michigan Public Health researcher and professor April Zeoli

The University of Michigan's April Zeoli, one of the nation's leading researchers on firearms and domestic violence, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's impending decision on United States v. Rahimi, a ruling that will either nullify or preserve laws that allow courts to grant restraining orders that prevent domestic abusers from possessing a firearm.