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Majority of local officials in Michigan lack confidence in ‘red-flag law’ aimed at reducing gun violence

Oct 31, 2024

A majority of local government and law enforcement officials in Michigan say they lack confidence the state’s new “red-flag law” aimed at reducing gun violence will do so, according to a University of Michigan survey.Further, those officials...

Wayne County Courthouse in Detroit, Michigan

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Assassination attempt doesn’t necessarily heighten the risk for political violence - Ali

Jul 15, 2024

Javed Ali, Ford School professor, and national security expert, answered some pressing questions about the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in an essay for The Conversation. He wrote, "There was an obvious security failure,...

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Ali calls for school safety improvements

Mar 29, 2023 USA Today

Javed Ali, USA Today: "Every shooter seems to be driven by different factors. We need to raise the bar in terms of security to either deter people from thinking about conducting attacks or minimize the impacts of attacks when one does indeed occur....

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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...

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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...

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Ali on latest shootings: We can do better

Jul 6, 2022

The July 4th shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, has joined a list of seemingly more frequent mass shootings in America. Commenting to WXYZ TV in Detroit, Ford School professor of practice Javed Ali commented, "Every time one of these happens, it...

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Ostfeld calls for equal protection as gun violence takes its toll on Black commuities

Jun 27, 2022 Parents magazine

"Black Children Are Disproportionately Hurt By Gun Violence," Parents magazine reports. Many causes are cited, including drug wars, low-income areas flooded with guns, and deeper societal attitudes about the Black community and guns. Mara...

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Amidst mass shootings, assassination plots, abortion politics, and increasing domestic terror threats, Ali offers insights

Jun 1, 2022

The past two weeks have witnessed mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, among other gun violence. Questions about preventing those situations, as well as law enforcement response, abound as the country takes stock of the lost...

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Michigan terrorism law could influence how other states respond to domestic terrorism—Ali

Dec 16, 2021

As Michigan slowly comes to terms with the horrific attack at Oxford High School, debates across the country sprung up about more comprehensive methods to tackle mass shootings and gun-based violence. Javed Ali, an associate professor of...

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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Conversations Across Differences, Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling Health Policy Fund, Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Gun violence in the United States: Competing frames and policy tensions

Feb 4, 2019, 4:00-5:20 pm EST

Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium (1120)

A panel discussion with Jane Coaston, Jonathan Metzl, and Rebecca Cunningham, moderated by Paula Lantz.

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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.

Gun violence in the United States: Competing frames and policy tensions panel

Feb 4, 2019 1:10:04

Jane Coaston, Jonathan Metzl, Rebecca Cunningham and moderator Paula Lantz discuss competing views on how best to frame or define the problem of gun violence and priority policy solutions. February, 2019.