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Firearm purchaser licensing laws that have provisions such as enhanced background checks and in-person applications curb homicides and suicides, they’re bipartisan, and a majority of Americans—including gun owners—support them. In today’s episode: A look at a new report with recommendations for building a safer gun-buying process and why now is the time to implement these solutions.

Josh Horwitz is co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center For Gun Violence Solutions.

Silvia Villarreal is the director of research translation at the Johns Hopkins Center For Gun Violence Solutions.

Lindsay Smith Rogers, MA, is the producer of the Public Health On Call podcast, an editor for Expert Insights, and the director of content strategy for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

• Firearm Purchaser Licensing: Research Evidence To Inform State Policy (pdf)—The Center For Gun Violence Solutions

• Report Recommends States Adopt Firearm Purchaser Licensing Laws That Include Five Core Components—Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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