Molly Burger
@mgbleuven.bsky.social
State Affairs at Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
Lover of traveling with my kids, Orioles and Cardinals baseball, and city living.
Lover of traveling with my kids, Orioles and Cardinals baseball, and city living.
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NEW Updates: Our state gun violence data pages now provide county- firearm death data.
Users can filter to view overall firearm deaths, firearm homicides, or firearm suicides.
Explore new interactive county maps in your state ➡️ publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...
Users can filter to view overall firearm deaths, firearm homicides, or firearm suicides.
Explore new interactive county maps in your state ➡️ publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...
publichealth.jhu.edu
September 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
NEW Updates: Our state gun violence data pages now provide county- firearm death data.
Users can filter to view overall firearm deaths, firearm homicides, or firearm suicides.
Explore new interactive county maps in your state ➡️ publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...
Users can filter to view overall firearm deaths, firearm homicides, or firearm suicides.
Explore new interactive county maps in your state ➡️ publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...
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We’re heartbroken by this continuing American sickness of gun violence. No parent should fear sending their kids to school. Our hearts are with the victims, families, and community that will all be deeply affected. We must act. abcnews.go.com/US/shooting-...
Minneapolis shooting: 8-year-old and 10-year-old killed, 17 others hurt at Catholic school
An 8-year-old and 10-year-old were shot and killed when a gunman fired shots through the windows of a church at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.
abcnews.go.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We’re heartbroken by this continuing American sickness of gun violence. No parent should fear sending their kids to school. Our hearts are with the victims, families, and community that will all be deeply affected. We must act. abcnews.go.com/US/shooting-...
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🏛️Congressman @raskin.house.gov joins our experts on July 10, 12pm ET to discuss an effective tool to prevent gun violence: Firearm Purchaser Licensing. States with these laws see fewer gun homicides and suicides, but passing these policies remains a challenge. Register: jh.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
July 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🏛️Congressman @raskin.house.gov joins our experts on July 10, 12pm ET to discuss an effective tool to prevent gun violence: Firearm Purchaser Licensing. States with these laws see fewer gun homicides and suicides, but passing these policies remains a challenge. Register: jh.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Mr. GVP visits Delaware Legislative Hall for the @saferdelaware.bsky.social advocacy day 😍
May 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Mr. GVP visits Delaware Legislative Hall for the @saferdelaware.bsky.social advocacy day 😍
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This week we celebrated 30 years of evidence, impact and solutions.
We’re committed to continuing our life-saving work to end the public health epidemic of gun violence.
Here’s to the next 30 years action 🥂
publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...
We’re committed to continuing our life-saving work to end the public health epidemic of gun violence.
Here’s to the next 30 years action 🥂
publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...
30 Years of Evidence, Impact, and Solutions | Center for Gun Violence Solutions
The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions at the Bloomberg School of Public Health celebrated 30 years of action.
publichealth.jhu.edu
May 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This week we celebrated 30 years of evidence, impact and solutions.
We’re committed to continuing our life-saving work to end the public health epidemic of gun violence.
Here’s to the next 30 years action 🥂
publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...
We’re committed to continuing our life-saving work to end the public health epidemic of gun violence.
Here’s to the next 30 years action 🥂
publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...
Happy spring birding season to all who celebrate from Patterson Park in Baltimore. ❤️🐦⬛🌳👀
April 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Happy spring birding season to all who celebrate from Patterson Park in Baltimore. ❤️🐦⬛🌳👀
The silver lining is today it's easier to answer the morning "How are you?" A simple "Better than the stock market" suffices.
April 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The silver lining is today it's easier to answer the morning "How are you?" A simple "Better than the stock market" suffices.
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When it comes to gun rights, is age really just a number?
Hosts of the Sufficiently Analogous podcast take us in on a closer look at the growing tension between minimum age firearms laws and the right to keep and bear arms. Listen to the new episode: sufficientlyanalogous.libsyn.com/an-episode-f...
Hosts of the Sufficiently Analogous podcast take us in on a closer look at the growing tension between minimum age firearms laws and the right to keep and bear arms. Listen to the new episode: sufficientlyanalogous.libsyn.com/an-episode-f...
March 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
When it comes to gun rights, is age really just a number?
Hosts of the Sufficiently Analogous podcast take us in on a closer look at the growing tension between minimum age firearms laws and the right to keep and bear arms. Listen to the new episode: sufficientlyanalogous.libsyn.com/an-episode-f...
Hosts of the Sufficiently Analogous podcast take us in on a closer look at the growing tension between minimum age firearms laws and the right to keep and bear arms. Listen to the new episode: sufficientlyanalogous.libsyn.com/an-episode-f...
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We asked @drcrifasi.bsky.social, Co-director, and @admccourt.bsky.social, core faculty member at the Center FAQs about regulating the public carry of firearms + the risks associated with permitless carry and Stand Your Ground laws. Read the new Q&A: publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...
Questions and Answers: Public Carry of Firearms, Permitless Carry and Stand Your Ground Laws | Center for Gun Violence Solutions
Cass Crifasi and Alex McCourt answer frequently asked questions about regulating the public carry of firearms and the risks associated with permitless carry and Stand Your Ground laws.
publichealth.jhu.edu
March 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We asked @drcrifasi.bsky.social, Co-director, and @admccourt.bsky.social, core faculty member at the Center FAQs about regulating the public carry of firearms + the risks associated with permitless carry and Stand Your Ground laws. Read the new Q&A: publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...
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Domestic violence perpetrated by firearms continues to impact Virginia residents + people nationwide. Gov. Youngkin has a chance to safeguard Virginians by ensuring dangerous abusers are disarmed. Read the op-ed in @richmond.com by the Center’s Kelly Roskam & Lori Haas: richmond.com/opinion/colu...
Commentary: Violent domestic abusers don't deserve gun rights
The prevalence and accessibility of firearms profoundly intensifies dangers for victims of domestic violence.
richmond.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Domestic violence perpetrated by firearms continues to impact Virginia residents + people nationwide. Gov. Youngkin has a chance to safeguard Virginians by ensuring dangerous abusers are disarmed. Read the op-ed in @richmond.com by the Center’s Kelly Roskam & Lori Haas: richmond.com/opinion/colu...
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Stronger firearm storage laws can prevent youth suicides. States, including Virginia, are considering laws to create critical barriers between firearms and young people in crisis. Read the op-ed in @pilotonline.com by the Center's Paul Nestadt & Alex McCourt: www.pilotonline.com/2025/03/15/c...
Column: Stronger firearm storage laws can prevent youth suicides
A stronger firearm access prevention bill in Virginia will save lives if Gov. Youngkin signs it, Paul Nestadt and Alex McCourt of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, write.
www.pilotonline.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Stronger firearm storage laws can prevent youth suicides. States, including Virginia, are considering laws to create critical barriers between firearms and young people in crisis. Read the op-ed in @pilotonline.com by the Center's Paul Nestadt & Alex McCourt: www.pilotonline.com/2025/03/15/c...
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Oregon Court of Appeals finds that ballot measure 114, which, among other things, established a firearm purchaser licensing law called permit-to-purchase, does not facially violate the state constitution's right to bear arms. katu.com/news/local/m...
Measure 114 deemed constitutional by Oregon Court of Appeals
Measure 114 is constitutional, according to a ruling from the Oregon Court of Appeals.
katu.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Oregon Court of Appeals finds that ballot measure 114, which, among other things, established a firearm purchaser licensing law called permit-to-purchase, does not facially violate the state constitution's right to bear arms. katu.com/news/local/m...
Pretty perfect day in NYC. Started at the Morgan Library for the Belle de Costa Greene exhibit and ended laughing harder than I have in a long time at Titanique 10/10 Saturday!
March 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Pretty perfect day in NYC. Started at the Morgan Library for the Belle de Costa Greene exhibit and ended laughing harder than I have in a long time at Titanique 10/10 Saturday!
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Stronger Together! Our team joined other advocates, survivors, and supporters to stand with @texasgunsense.bsky.social during their Advocacy Day! We must continue the momentum for a Texas free from firearm violence. #TexasGunSense #AdvocacyDay #EndGunViolence
March 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Stronger Together! Our team joined other advocates, survivors, and supporters to stand with @texasgunsense.bsky.social during their Advocacy Day! We must continue the momentum for a Texas free from firearm violence. #TexasGunSense #AdvocacyDay #EndGunViolence
Excellent new report on Firearm Purchaser Licensing laws from @jhucgvs.bsky.social. Solutions exist to prevent gun violence if policymakers have the will to put them in place.
NEW REPORT ➡️ Firearm Purchaser Licensing: Research Evidence to Inform State Policy, with the Consortium. Experts recommend more states adopt comprehensive firearm purchaser licensing laws, evidenced by their effectiveness in reducing gun violence. Learn more: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/report-...
Report Recommends States Adopt Firearm Purchaser Licensing Laws That Include Five Core Components | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Report also highlights evidence showing gun purchaser licensing laws effective at reducing firearm deaths
publichealth.jhu.edu
February 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Excellent new report on Firearm Purchaser Licensing laws from @jhucgvs.bsky.social. Solutions exist to prevent gun violence if policymakers have the will to put them in place.
In Maryland, we've seen this playbook on a smaller scale. Hogan did not fill so many positions that available and deserved resources could not be accessed because no one was there to administrate them. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
Why Larry Hogan’s smaller government came at a cost to Marylanders
The Republican governor’s decision to downsize government kept agencies from delivering services to people who needed them when they needed them most, said policy analysts, union officials and nonprof...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In Maryland, we've seen this playbook on a smaller scale. Hogan did not fill so many positions that available and deserved resources could not be accessed because no one was there to administrate them. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
So, actually, no reason to "show me" any evidence says the Show Me State. www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
Missouri GOP bills aim to loosen more gun laws. Prosecutors say they would 'make murder legal'
One of the measures, Senate Bill 74, would bar cities and counties from imposing their own open carry firearm restrictions. Another includes a provision that someone who kills another person with a gu...
www.kcur.org
February 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
So, actually, no reason to "show me" any evidence says the Show Me State. www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
“When American parents are surveyed about their concerns, everyone is worried about school shootings,” she said. “The message from our data is really simple: Our fears are incorrectly placed. Our homes may, in fact, be more dangerous than schools.” med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
Majority of kids who die in mass shootings killed by family members, study shows
Domestic violence underlies the majority of children’s and teens’ deaths in U.S. mass shootings, a new Stanford Medicine-led analysis has found.
med.stanford.edu
February 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“When American parents are surveyed about their concerns, everyone is worried about school shootings,” she said. “The message from our data is really simple: Our fears are incorrectly placed. Our homes may, in fact, be more dangerous than schools.” med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
Had enough of watching overpaid men pushing people around and got a ticket to support the local arts instead. I laughed. I cried. I held my friend’s hand. I marveled, as always, at Everyman’s sets. I ❤️ you, Baltimore.
February 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Had enough of watching overpaid men pushing people around and got a ticket to support the local arts instead. I laughed. I cried. I held my friend’s hand. I marveled, as always, at Everyman’s sets. I ❤️ you, Baltimore.
Wild to wake up to the news that firearms shouldn't be regulated but straws should.
February 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Wild to wake up to the news that firearms shouldn't be regulated but straws should.
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Anxious Nation Waits For Democratic Party To Do Something, Anything In Face of Republican Assault On Life And Liberty
January 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Anxious Nation Waits For Democratic Party To Do Something, Anything In Face of Republican Assault On Life And Liberty
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This @theguardian.com piece is great - twelve personal resolutions, one per month, to help the climate - starting with rethinking your food. The alt text contains the full text for January.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
January 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This @theguardian.com piece is great - twelve personal resolutions, one per month, to help the climate - starting with rethinking your food. The alt text contains the full text for January.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Amazing work by @mainegunsafety.bsky.social! Extreme Risk Protection Orders/Red Flag Laws are supported by evidence and the majority of Americans.
This morning we turned in OVER 80,000 SIGNATURES for the Safe Schools, Safe Communities campaign. That means #Maine voters will get the chance to vote on an Extreme Risk Protection Orders initiative this November. ERPOs empower families to get help when a loved one is in crisis and will save lives.
January 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Amazing work by @mainegunsafety.bsky.social! Extreme Risk Protection Orders/Red Flag Laws are supported by evidence and the majority of Americans.