Mental Health

After an Emergency Mental Health Hospitalization, Few States Block Gun Purchases

Mass Shooting

After an Emergency Mental Health Hospitalization, Few States Block Gun Purchases

October’s mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, was one of more than a dozen high-profile attacks carried out by people who retained their gun rights after hospitalization during a mental health crisis.

Jennifer Mascia and Chip Brownlee
Research Indicates That Red Flag Laws Work — But Only If People Know About Them

Extreme Risk Protection Orders

Research Indicates That Red Flag Laws Work — But Only If People Know About Them

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act incentivized states to implement extreme risk protection orders, and provide information about them to the public. A new study focuses on what messages are likely to work best.

Fairriona Magee
Youth Gun Suicide Is Rising, Particularly Among Children of Color

Health Care

Youth Gun Suicide Is Rising, Particularly Among Children of Color

An American teenager took their life with a firearm every seven hours on average between 2019 and 2020.

Jennifer Mascia and Olga Pierce
To Stem Shootings, Poughkeepsie Is Bringing Therapy Directly to City Streets

Community Violence

To Stem Shootings, Poughkeepsie Is Bringing Therapy Directly to City Streets

A state program launched amid rising violence seeks to provide counseling on front porches and in pizza joints, instead of trying to draw residents into a clinical setting.

Ann Givens
Mental Health

As Students Return to Classrooms, Schools Hope Investments in Mental Health Will Also Curb Violence

The connections between gun violence and mental health are murky, but experts bet that supporting student well-being will help keep them safe.

Chip Brownlee
The Chattanooga Shooter Reportedly Suffered from Mental Illness and Abused Drugs and Alcohol. Only One of Those Has a Clear Link to Gun Violence.

Armed With Reason

The Chattanooga Shooter Reportedly Suffered from Mental Illness and Abused Drugs and Alcohol. Only One of Those Has a Clear Link to Gun Violence.

Mass shootings, public misperceptions, and what the research really says.

Devin Hughes and Evan DeFilippis