This new video unpacks the complicated issues around ghost guns, defining what they are, how they are different from traditionally manufactured guns, and why it matters.Watch Now
This simple but comprehensive tool can help everyone understand the different parts of a firearm and lead to more productive conversations about gun violence prevention.Watch Now
The Center celebrated 25 years of gun violence prevention with a special virtual symposium on March 3. The event reflected on the Center's history and achievements, featured dynamic conversations between leaders in the field, and provide a vision for what lies ahead.Watch Now
Join us for a unique opportunity to learn more about this evidence-based approach to reducing gun violence through scientific data and first-person accounts of those who are on the front lines using ERPOs as a tool to save lives.Register Now
A consortium of legal and public health experts organized by the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence, including core faculty member, Shannon Frattaroli, has a new set of recommendations to improve and enhance the effectiveness of ERPOs.Read More
New Center report on the enforcement of gun laws in Baltimore offers findings and recommendations to reduce violence and improve trust in police.Read More
In households with firearms, safe storage is now especially critical—and is the focus of a new online map developed by students and faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.Read More
A white paper and infographic review the approaches states use to screen out prohibited individuals from owning guns, and conclude that only purchaser licensing has been shown to reduce gun violence.Learn More
The soaring sales of firearms worry mental health and gun violence experts, concerned that the likely fallout will be a rise in suicides, domestic homicides, and accidental injuries and death in the weeks and months ahead.Read More
This new Center report outlines ten policies supported by available research that can help Illinois reduce the number of people killed each year by gun violenceLearn More
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Enrollment for GVP MOOC Now Open
Learners may now enroll to take “Reducing Gun Violence in America: Evidence for Change,” a massive open online course on Coursera.
New research from Center faculty found that most stated with stay-at-home orders during the pandemic considered federal firearm licensees essential businesses.
The Center Welcomes Jacquelyn Campbell as New Core Faculty Member
The Center is pleased to announce that Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, MSN, RN, Anna D. Wolf Chair and professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing will be joining the center as a core faculty member. She has published more than 295 articles and seven books in her work on public health advocacy, domestic violence, and other research on health risks of other marginalized communities.
The Center is pleased to announce that Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, MSN, RN, Anna D. Wolf Chair and professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing will be joining the center as a core faculty member. She has published more than 295 articles and seven books in her work on public health advocacy, domestic violence, and other research on health risks of other marginalized communities.