In this issue: According to newly released provisional 2022 mortality data from CDC WONDER, the rate of firearm mortality fell by 1.5% from 2021 to 2022. A 6.5% drop in firearm homicide deaths is driving that decrease, despite a 2.5% jump in firearm suicides. The overall 1.5% decrease may appear modest, but it represents tragedies prevented and lives saved. And there’s reason for hope: as Garen forecasted in The Trace, “We might well see a welcome decrease [in firearm mortality] as the social and political instability of the pandemic years recede.” 
 
Along with our colleagues, we are pleased to announce that three of our faculty members have been promoted to Associate Professor. The work of Drs. Rose Kagawa, Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, and Hannah Laqueur continue to transform research and policy development surrounding firearm violence. We sincerely appreciate them and their contributions as we celebrate this milestone achievement in their careers.

Other topics covered:

• New research on California's gun violence restraining order law.
• Dr. Amy Barnhorst is featured in the documentary CBS News Now: Gun Violence in America

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