How to Best Inform the Medical Community About Firearm Safety Opportunities
Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center has created an interactive toolkit that details three interventions to protect yourself and your loved ones from firearm injury or suicide. We want to share this information with medical professionals to help inform their patients about these specific safety strategies:
- Firearm Safe Storage provides an effective way to keep you and your family safe. The toolkit includes an interactive map to help people in crisis identify temporary firearm storage options outside the home.
- Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) allow families or law enforcement to petition a judge to restrict individual possession and purchase of firearms using a civil order.
- Voluntary Waiver of Firearm Rights (Do-Not-Sell) lets people voluntarily and confidentially restrict immediate access to firearm purchase.