Gun safety

Publication

Ali calls for designation of K-12 schools as 'critical infrastructure'

Mar 29, 2023

As school shootings continue to be a problem facing America, policymakers can't seem to make progress when it comes to a response, whether that be improved mental health resources or gun control. Frustrated with the lackluster response, Javed Ali,...

In the Media

Parthasarathy warns gun safety policy could have chilling impact on privacy

Sep 20, 2022 NPR

Major credit card companies announced this week that they will adopt a new code to flag gun sales. While gun control advocates are celebrating, Shobita Parthasarathy, director of the Science, Technology and Public Policy program, warns the policy...

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In the Media

Kleinman weighs in on Detroit ShotSpotter debate

Sep 8, 2022 Axios

As the Detroit City Council debates expanding ShotSpotter, a tool that identifies the sound of gunshots, Molly Kleinman, managing director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program, weighed in. "There are things they could be doing...

News

El-Sayed speaks to Sen. Stabenow about major mental health expansions in gun reform law

Jul 7, 2022

President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law on June 25—the first major gun reform bill in three decades. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence Abdul El-Sayed explained it's also the biggest expansion of Medicaid since...

Conversations Across Differences, Election issues

Two Dads Defending Democracy

Sep 27, 2024, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)

Have a question for our panel? Submit your question at: https://myumi.ch/4rPZ4Two high-profile advocates from opposite ends of the political spectrum seek ways to connect and communicate about the most important issues facing the country.

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Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Policy-focused solutions to the firearm epidemic: What we know works

Sep 22, 2022, 4:30-6:00 pm EDT

Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (Room 1120)

Join for a conversation around gun violence, and policies that can help prevent it.

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Walsh and Guttenberg: Two Dads Defending Democracy

Sep 27, 2024 1:19:07

Recognizing the damage of such divisive posturing, Walsh and Guttenberg converse from opposite ends of the political spectrum and find common ground on contentious issues through respect, understanding, and a willingness to listen and learn.

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Policy-focused solutions to the firearm epidemic: What we know works

Sep 22, 2022 1:31:27

Four leading experts in firearm violence will offer their insights big picture policy implications of and potential solutions for firearm violence. September, 2022.