Red flag laws are an important step in the right direction, but much more work is needed to determine the role of mental health in the lead-up to and aftermath of mass shootings.

Stigma and fear may keep shooting survivors from seeking mental health services, according to new research.

Elite groups often become trapped in echo chambers.

Elite groups often become trapped in echo chambers.

Harvard Chan School’s David Hemenway on the rampage in Maine, how ordinary citizens should respond, and the question he hears from horrified students new to the U.S.

Fatalities from gun homicides, suicides and accidents are all up for Americans ages 18 and under.

In the rural US, youth who drink heavily are 43% more likely to carry a handgun in the following year, research finds.

“Firearms experts are failing to report evidence that’s favorable to the defense, and it has to be addressed and corrected.”

More than two-thirds of gun owners with teenagers at home store at least one gun unlocked and/or loaded, researchers find.

Survey results indicate that pandemic gun buyers differ in mental health risks and extreme beliefs from people who own no guns.