Policy Choices: Which States are Adopting Gun Laws Related to Mental Illness to Address School Shootings?

• In Event: Public Opinion and Public Policy on Guns

Brief Overview

This paper explores state-level legislative action concerning the update and/or pass new gun laws related to mental illness for the years, 2012 through 2022.

Authors

• Ramona McNeal, University of Northern Iowa

• Lisa Bryan, Western Iowa Tech Community College

• Mary Schmeida, Kent State University at Kent

• Susan M Kunkle, Kent State University