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Mental Health Emergency Detentions and Access to Firearms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Jon S. Vernick ,
Emma E. McGinty  and
Lainie Rutkow
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Following the tragic shootings in Newtown (Connecticut), Aurora (Colorado), Isla Vista (California) and others, increased national attention has focused on the relationship between mental illness and gun violence. While some have called for enhanced regulation of firearm possession by persons with mental illness, others have argued that such actions would be ineffective and enhance stigma associated with mental illness while discouraging treatment seeking.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 43 , Issue S1 , Spring 2015 , pp. 76 - 78
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2015

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