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Senate passes gun safety legislation with Stabenow’s mental health program
Washington — The gun safety legislation passed late Thursday by the U.S. Senate would expand eligibility for a mental health program authored by Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow to all states. The vote was 65-33, with 15 Republican senators voting with Democrats in support of the package, which has been hailed as the most significant gun legislation in 30 years. …
Mental health becomes focal point of Senate gun framework
The main mental health component of the framework is a proposal by Sens. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Roy Blunt, R-Mo., that would provide states with Medicaid funding for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, which treat patients with mental illness and substance use disorders 24/7 and have been shown to expand access to care and decrease homelessness and …
Gun violence is a solvable public health crisis | Editorials
This editorial was published by the Dallas Morning News. As the murdered children of Uvalde are laid to rest this week, our nation needs to muster the courage and political will to treat rising gun violence and mass shootings as an acute public health crisis. When auto accidents claimed a large number of lives, government …
To Reduce Gun Violence, Advocates are Using Public Health Strategies
May 31 at 10:00 AM Failed to save article Please try again Gun rights activists, including the group Youth Over Guns, participate in a rally in Foley Square to demand an end to gun violence on May 26, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images) Guests: Garen Wintemute, director, Violence Prevention Research Program …
What Gun Violence Does to Our Mental Health
Those with PTSD often have trouble sleeping and may become emotionally numb, continuously on edge or easily startled, she said. The world will often feel unsafe to them, and upsetting memories may intrude on their daily thoughts. Some people may try to avoid things that remind them of their trauma. Teens and adults might turn …
Madison Cawthorn Brought a Loaded Gun to the Airport Again, Officials Say
Representative Madison Cawthorn was briefly detained by the police on Tuesday after trying to bring a loaded gun through airport security in Charlotte, N.C., in his carry-on bag, the second time in a little more than a year that the North Carolina Republican has been stopped from flying with a firearm. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department …
California gun ruling: A federal judge, who compares an AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, overturns ban on assault weapons
Assault weapons have been banned in California since 1989, according to the ruling. The law has been updated several times since it was originally passed. “Like the Swiss Army Knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment,” Benitez said in the ruling. “Firearms deemed as ‘assault …
MDPD Director Says ‘Despicable Act Of Gun Violence’ Led To 2 Dead, Over 20 Injured – CBS Miami
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A mass shooting at a northwest Miami-Dade banquet hall on Sunday has left two dead and over 20 injured. “They took your brother! They took your brother,” a distraught father screamed. READ MORE: Coast Guard Suspends Search For 10 Cuban Migrants Who Went Missing After Boat Overturned Near Key West He told …
Atlanta Police Department To Pilot Technology To Track And Reduce Gun Violence
From the City of Atlanta: May 19, 2021 The Atlanta Police Department, in partnership with the Atlanta Police Foundation, is conducting a test of new technology, ShotSpotter, that can detect the originating site of a gunshot in real time. Subscribe ShotSpotter alerts police within 60 seconds of when a shot is fired, pinpointing the number …
Utah legislature will tackle critical race theory and gun rights after all
Lawmakers pressured Cox to include the two topics on the special session agenda. He declined so they will appear as resolutions. (Laura Seitz | Deseret News, pool) Gov. Spencer J. Cox provides updates on the ongoing pandemic during the weekly briefing at the Capitol on in May 2021. | May 18, 2021, 9:03 p.m. | …
