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UC Davis Researchers: Protection Orders May Prevent Mass Shootings

“Over and over again, from the records, what we saw is that law enforcement was able to intervene and remove firearms because they got a tip,” UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program director and Center for Violence Prevention Research champion Dr. Garen Wintemute said.

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Study: California’s ‘Red Flag’ Law May Have Helped Reduce Mass Shootings

University of California-Davis medical school researchers published a study examining 21 cases in which gun violence restraining orders were obtained through the courts because of potential mass shooting threats. Lead author was Garen Wintemute, champion of the Center for Violence Prevention Research Big Idea.

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Aggie Square's Sneak Preview

Earlier this month, employees from IBM got together at a reception and tour with UC Davis’ Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement and Aggie Square staff for introductions and friendly conversation.

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New California Study Shows 'Red Flag' Laws May Help Stop Mass Shootings Across the Country

On Monday, a team of researchers from the country’s first state-funded gun violence research center at University of California Davis School of Medicine, released the first research into its effects.

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California’s ‘Red Flag’ Law Might be Helping to Reduce Mass Shooting Risk, Study Says

Four years after California became one of the first states to expedite the removal of guns from people seen as a public danger by family members or law enforcement, its “red flag” law appears to be helping to reduce the chance of mass shootings, according to a study released Monday by the UC Davis School of Medicine.

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Global Education to Protect Our Future

Anna Maddison ’22 is looking forward to learning more about global systems shaping the environmental toxicology during her study abroad quarter in Nottingham, England, this fall.

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Gaining Global Leadership Experience on Campus

Maria Arteaga ’18 was already an active student leader before she became a member of the Global Education for All Big Idea Steering Committee — an advisory group is guiding the development of providing each and every UC Davis student with global learning experiences. 

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San Diego's City Attorney is Taking Away Hundreds of Guns From Those Who Shouldn't Have Them

Garen Wintemute, M.D., M.P.H., champion for the Center for Violence Prevention Research, provides expertise on the benefit of gun violence restraining orders.

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UC Davis Gun Researchers Believe Extreme Risk Protection Orders Can Save Lives

Dr. Garen Wintemute, director of the Violence Prevention Research Program and champion of the Center for Violence Prevention Research, said that while extreme risk protection orders originally pertained to people at risk for suicide, he believes it could have some benefit when identifying possible mass shooters as well.

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School of Law Receives $1.15M for Immigration Law Clinic

The UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic has received $1.15 million from two nonprofits to help advance a key tenet of the Global Human Rights Big Idea: serving at-risk migrant children at the U.S. border.

This story originally appeared at UCDavis.edu.

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Gun Violence Prevention Research

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Dr. Garen Wintemute, director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at UC Davis and champion of the Center for Violence Prevention Research Big Idea, about the shift in people's behaviors in the aftermath of mass shootings.

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Local Experts Invited to Governor’s Round Table on Gun Violence

Dr. Garen Wintemute attended a discussion about gun violence and white supremacy led by Governor Gavin Newsom.

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Why Addressing Mental Illness Isn’t Enough to Reduce Gun Violence

How do we explain and stop mass shootings like those in El Paso and Dayton? Some Americans point to guns, saying they're too common and easy to obtain, while others emphasize the mental and emotional conditions that could drive perpetrators to inflict such horror.

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UC Davis Doctor to Publish Study on Gun Violence

A study on gun violence and weapons that is led by Garen Wintemute, M.D., M.P.H., an emergency room doctor at UC Davis, is expected to be published in the coming months.

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Guns and Public Health

Garen Wintemute, champion of the Violence Prevention Research Center Big Idea, is a leader in physician efforts to confront gun violence as a public health epidemic.

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