Policies to Reduce Gun Violence in Minnesota offers data-backed recommendations that authors say state legislators should adopt to save lives. Enacting these evidence-based policies will help to reduce the burden of gun violence in the state.

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Gun suicides are not inevitable, they are preventable.

Our new interactive landing page outlines evidence-based strategies to save lives, including:
✔️ Lethal means counseling
✔️ Voluntary gun storage
✔️ Policy solutions

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#ResearchSavesLives

The report, Gun Violence in the United States 2023: Examining the Gun Suicide Epidemic, reveals:
-27,300 firearm suicides
-Rising gun suicide rates among Black & Hispanic youth
-Firearms remain the leading cause of death overall for young people (1–17)

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“Our intent is to give policymakers and advocates all the guidance and evidence they need to bring these policies to fruition,” says Josh Horwitz, JD, co-director of the Center. publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/defaul...