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Alex McCourt for The Conversation

Alex McCourt for The Conversation

Alex McCourt, JD, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. McCourt serves as Assistant Director of the Center for Law and the Public's Health and Director of Legal Research for the Center for Gun Violence Prevention and Policy. He is also affiliated with the Center for Injury Research and Policy.

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Red flag laws and the Colorado LGBTQ club shooting

By: - November 25, 2022

The killing of five patrons in a Colorado LGBTQ bar on Nov. 19, 2022, is the latest mass shooting to garner headlines in the U.S. Police have said they have yet to determine a motive. But one thing that has emerged is that the suspect had a history of violent plans, having allegedly threatened to […]