Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research Experts Available to Discuss Landmark California Gun Bill Signed Into Law Tuesday
Shannon Frattaroli, PhD, associate professor Health Policy and Management and Beth McGinty, PhD, assistant professor Health Policy and Management, at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research are available to discuss the landmark gun bill signed into law by California’s Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday.
California’s Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO) law allows family members and law enforcement officials to petition courts to remove guns from individuals deemed dangerous to others or to themselves. When in place, the GVRO forbids the purchase of firearms.
This is the first law of its kind in the U.S. The bill was introduced after the May 2014 shooting in Santa Barbara that killed seven, including the gunman.
Frattaroli and McGinty both work with the Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy, which includes gun-policy experts from around the country. The Consortium proposed the idea of a gun restraining order as a preventive mechanism. The proposal was based on research that identified risk behaviors such as prior acts of violence and substance abuse.
Frattaroli and McGinty can comment on the evidence behind the GVRO, the potential impact of the law and other evidence-based gun policies.
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