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https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/07/gov-whitmer-executive-directive-points-federal-resources-at-gun-violence-prevention.html

Chart Notes – Summer of 2022Jerry Walden, MD Finally, a federal legislative victory for us- the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a first since PPGV was formed in 2011, has been signed into law by President Biden.  According to the Economist the law “reassured gun-control advocates while also appealing to those on the right concerned about preserving the constitutional right […]

2020 GUN DEATHS IN THE U.S.The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence SolutionsApril 28, 2022

Arnold Ventures and Joyce Foundation 7.13.21https://assets.joycefdn.org/content/uploads/CostEstimateofFederalFundingforGunViolenceResearch.pdf

Dear PPGV Friends and Colleagues,  Exciting new things are happening with gun violence prevention efforts in Michigan! As some of you may know, a new group has formed called End Gun Violence Michigan (EGVM) whose goal is to advocate for sensible gun safety legislation. If efforts to pass laws prove to be unsuccessful, then the […]

Chart Notes        Winter-Spring 2022 Docs and Friends, I hope this finds you well and that the COVID variants have been manageable in your life. As they say in the media-BREAKING NEWS! We have had not one but two important news stories of consequence to PPGV and our goal of gun safety. First is the new campaign […]

Dear PPGV Friends and Colleagues,  I am furious. I cannot adequately encapsulate the grief, rage, fear, repulsion and frustration I feel as I try to process the trauma that took place at Oxford High School earlier this week. How do we understand the fact that a 15 year-old armed with a 9mm Sig Sauer semiautomatic […]

Book Review By William C. Wadland, MD, MS