This is Part 3 in a three-part series on gun laws, mental illness and violence in the United States. Read Part 1 and Part 2. By Jeffrey Swanson, PhD So what can the law do about gun violence? The US Supreme Court’s decisions in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008) and McDonald…
This is Part 2 in a three-part series on gun laws, mental illness and violence in the United States. Read Part 1. By Jeffrey Swanson, PhD It is hard to find good news in our nation’s gun violence statistics, but here’s this: If somebody shoots you today, your chances of survival are about 83 percent…
This is Part 1 in a three-part series on gun laws, mental illness and violence in the United States. By Jeffrey Swanson, PhD Federal and state efforts to restrict firearms access to potentially dangerous people with mental illness have focused in recent years on extending the reach of states’ reporting to the National Instant Criminal…
