UPDATE: THREE KIDS SHOT IN THREE DAYS. TENNESSEE LEADS NATION IN KIDS PULLING TRIGGER OF NEGLIGENTLY STORED FIREARMS
Over a two day period, two 4-year-olds in Memphis shot themselves with negligently stored firearms…
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Domestic Violence and Guns
Dr. Dana Hardy is leading our Mental Health outreach efforts for the Safe Tennessee Project. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. According to the Violence Policy Center, Tennessee is 9th in the nation for women murdered by men, most often with a firearm. Sadly, our state has consistently been in the top 10 states for women murdered by men. Dr
Read moreNew Report: Keeping Illegal Guns Out of Dangerous Hands
The article posted below is from a new report published by The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Firearm relinquishment, or dispossession, is an issue that we have been working to address. Earlier this summer, we convened a statewide task group of domestic violence advocates, law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges to discuss loopholes that make it easy for those convicted
Read moreRemarks from Vanderbilt Gun Policy Discussion
As policy director for The Safe Tennessee Project, I was asked by a public policy class at Vandy to participate in a discussion on gun policy. - In the interest of providing citations for my responses, below are a series of topics from the discussion and my responses (with hyperlinks) as well as additional information that may be helpful to the students.
Read moreLaws That Allow for Temporarily Removing Guns from High-Risk People Linked to a Reduction in Suicides
Gun Violence Restraining Orders can save lives because #FamiliesKnowFirst. Learn how they are preventing suicides in this informative article originally published by The Trace. For every 10.5 guns collected under Connecticut’s gun violence restraining orders, one person was stopped from taking his or her own life, researchers estimate. Eleven states are considering similar policies. BY DAN FRIEDMAN · @DFRIEDMAN33 ·September 8, 2016 ter
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