A Simple Method For Lowering Risk Of Women Being Killed: Enforce Existing Gun Laws
A new study looks at domestic violence homicides and the roles gun laws play in them.
Los Angeles Times:
Domestic Violence Homicide Rate Drops With Stricter Gun Law, Study Finds
When domestic violence offenders are required to relinquish their guns, instead of simply being barred from owning firearms, the risk that those offenders may kill their partners goes down, a new study finds. The paper, described in the Annals of Internal Medicine, highlights a simple method for lowering the risk women face of being killed by an intimate partner: Enforce the laws already in place. (Khan, 9/19)
In other public health news —
Sacramento Bee:
Rocklin Charter Schools OK Transgender Books In Elementary School
Months of controversy that threw a Rocklin charter school into the national spotlight culminated late Monday in a unanimous board decision to keep policies that allowed a kindergarten teacher to read a book about a transgender child in class. (Lambert, 9/19)
Orange County Register:
‘Emotional Support Dogs’ On Planes Are More Scam Than Therapy
Most dog accessory vendors and many dog owners often don’t differentiate between emotional support and therapy dogs. But most canine and institutional professionals usually do differentiate and require weeks-long courses for therapy dogs that will visit hospitals and schools. (Whiting, 9/19)
Capital Public Radio:
How Strong Is This Edible? And Other Burning Questions About Legal Pot
Back in 2016, California’s Proposition 64 made recreational cannabis legal for people over 21. It also required the state to create public education about the health risks of the drug. That education emerged this month in the online “Let’s Talk Cannabis” campaign. (Caiola, 9/19)