Press Room

The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research is engaged in original scholarly research, policy analysis, and agenda-setting public discourse. Our goal is to bring public health expertise and perspectives to the complex policy issues related to gun violence prevention.

An important part of the Center's mission is to serve as an objective and informative resource for the news media, thereby providing the public with accurate information about gun injuries, prevention strategies, and policies. 

Recent Press Releases
Reforms to Gun Dealer Sales Practices Reduce Supply of New Guns to Criminals (9/06)
Police Stings of Gun Dealers Reduce the Supply of New Guns to Criminals (8/06)

Media Inquiries
Please direct all media inquiries to:

Jon S. Vernick, JD, MPH
Associate Professor and Co-Director
The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Phone: (410) 955-7982
Fax: (410) 614-9055
Email: jvernick@jhsph.edu

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