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Amy Barnhorst

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Preventing mass shootings and suicides Original

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By Amy Barnhorst, Garen Wintemute, Veronica A. Pear
| The Hill Verified
Few who knew Robert Card were surprised when he killed 18 people and wounded 13 others in Lewiston, Maine in 2023; red flags were everywhere. He became so paranoid that his teenage son stopped going to his house and reported his behaviors to law enforcement. When Card’s siblings checked in, he pointed a gun at them and accused them of stalking him. At his Army reservist training, he fought multiple peers whom he thought were calling him a pedophile.
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How you and everyone you know can help stop California's mass shootings

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By Amy Barnhorst, Garen Wintemute
| San Francisco Chronicle Verified
Success on stopping gun violence depends not just on policymakers, law enforcement officials, and health professionals, but on all of us. Amy Barnhorst, Garen Wintemute Jan. 26, 2023 Four mass shootings in California in the past 10 days have left many wondering why this is still happening and what we can do to prevent it. In the Southern California city of Monterey Park, 11 people were killed in a ballroom by a man who was a frequent patron there.
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We see it firsthand: red flag laws save lives

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By Amy Barnhorst, Garen Wintemute, John Kruzel Verified, Alex Gangitano Verified
| The Hill Verified
The Senate has reached an agreement on a bill to include support for the passage and implementation of red flag laws, properly known as extreme risk protection order (ERPO) laws, in states across the country. As a psychiatrist and an emergency physician in California, we are breathing sighs of relief. These orders fill a gap in our existing system – and when one of our patients falls through that gap, the consequences can be lethal.
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