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The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, established in 1995 with funding from The
Joyce Foundation of Chicago, is dedicated to preventing gun-related deaths and injuries. Located in
The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, the Center applies a science-based, public health approach
to gun violence. The Center serves as an important national resource for policy makers, academic
scholars, advocacy organizations, attorneys, the media, and the general public by providing accurate
information on firearm injuries, gun policy, and related research.
The Center's faculty work with a group of Affiliated Experts from across the nation - leading gun policy
researchers, including physicians, epidemiologists, criminologists, and social scientists - to develop,
analyze, and evaluate firearm injury prevention strategies.
The Center's areas of focus include:
Educating the public and informing policy makers about firearm injury epidemiology and gun
policy. The Center's publications include fact sheets, bibliographies, reports, model legislation, and
other informational materials. Center faculty also provide information through conferences, scholarly
publications, lectures, and national media coverage.
Promoting the understanding of guns as consumer products. Center faculty are in the forefront of
redefining gun policy to include the view that the safety of guns can be regulated, much the same
as we regulate the safety of other consumer products.
Investigating legal and public health strategies to reduce gun injury and death. Center faculty
research the use of litigation, legislation, and regulation to encourage the manufacture of safer
handguns and to address misleading gun advertising.
Developing and evaluating policies to restrict gun access to high risk users. Center faculty are
engaged in research and policy development related to youth and criminal acquisition of guns.
Evaluating the effect of gun laws aimed at reducing gun violence. Center faculty evaluate the
effect of gun laws such as those banning Saturday Night Specials, or permitting concealed weapon
carrying.
Ascertaining public perceptions regarding guns and prevention strategies. The Center assists in
the design and analysis of a nationwide, annual telephone survey conducted by the National
Opinion Research Center.
Major funding for the Center is provided by the Joyce Foundation. Additional funding from the Annie E.
Casey Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Institute for Civil Society, and the National
Institute of Justice.
The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, established in 1995 with funding from The
Joyce Foundation of Chicago, is dedicated to preventing gun-related deaths and injuries. Located in
The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, the Center applies a science-based, public health approach
to gun violence. The Center serves as an important national resource for policy makers, academic
scholars, advocacy organizations, attorneys, the media, and the general public by providing accurate
information on firearm injuries, gun policy, and related research.
The Center's faculty work with a group of Affiliated Experts from across the nation - leading gun policy
researchers, including physicians, epidemiologists, criminologists, and social scientists - to develop,
analyze, and evaluate firearm injury prevention strategies.
The Center's areas of focus include:
Educating the public and informing policy makers about firearm injury epidemiology and gun
policy. The Center's publications include fact sheets, bibliographies, reports, model legislation, and
other informational materials. Center faculty also provide information through conferences, scholarly
publications, lectures, and national media coverage.
Promoting the understanding of guns as consumer products. Center faculty are in the forefront of
redefining gun policy to include the view that the safety of guns can be regulated, much the same
as we regulate the safety of other consumer products.
Investigating legal and public health strategies to reduce gun injury and death. Center faculty
research the use of litigation, legislation, and regulation to encourage the manufacture of safer
handguns and to address misleading gun advertising.
Developing and evaluating policies to restrict gun access to high risk users. Center faculty are
engaged in research and policy development related to youth and criminal acquisition of guns.
Evaluating the effect of gun laws aimed at reducing gun violence. Center faculty evaluate the
effect of gun laws such as those banning Saturday Night Specials, or permitting concealed weapon
carrying.
Ascertaining public perceptions regarding guns and prevention strategies. The Center assists in
the design and analysis of a nationwide, annual telephone survey conducted by the National
Opinion Research Center.
Major funding for the Center is provided by the Joyce Foundation. Additional funding from the Annie E.
Casey Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Institute for Civil Society, and the National
Institute of Justice.