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Firearm Safety Organizations and Initiatives

The American Public Health Association: Gun Violence Information
Information on ameliorating gun violence from a public health approach.
AFFIRM – American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine
AFFIRM is a non-profit corporation comprised of physician leaders who seek to diminish the human and financial costs of firearm injury in the United States of America. Now a part of Aspen Institute’s Health, Medicine & Society program, AFFIRM brings together health systems, community stakeholders, and firearms experts and owners from across the country, all committed to reducing firearm suicide, domestic violence, and homicide. Reframe programs held in various locations across the country can be found here.
Rethink: Talking about Firearm Injury and Gun Violence
A podcast from AFFIRM at the Aspen Institute, co-hosted with the University of Colorado Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative.
Goods for Guns
Goods for Guns, established in 2001, is a gun buyback program that has been a collaborative effort with the Worcester District Attorney, the Worcester Police Department, and the Department of Surgery. The goals of this program are 1) to remove unwanted improperly stored guns from homes; 2) to educate the community about the increased risk of gun-related injuries in the home and the importance of safe gun storage; and 3) to identify individuals possessing improperly stored guns at home and provide them with safety information and alternatives.
Massachusetts Laws Pertaining to Firearms
Information on selected Massachusetts laws pertaining to firearms.
Extreme Risk Protection Orders
Also known as the Red Flag Law, this link includes a downloadable brochure.
Means Matter
A campaign from the Harvard School of Public Health, works to actively partner with gun owner groups to prevent suicide by promoting activities that reduce a suicidal person’s access to lethal means.
Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
A center of Healing, Teaching, and Learning for families and communities impacted by murder, trauma, grief, and loss. An integral partner to the City of Boston, the Institute has developed best practices in serving families and communities impacted by murder for 28 years, offers resources to families seeking support and trains providers on best practices in the field of homicide response.
Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence
The Engagement Lab at Emerson College has partnered with the Gun Violence Prevention Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute to develop collaborative storytelling by local individuals and organizations deeply connected to the issue of firearm violence on both sides of the gun.
Violence Intervention Advocacy Program (VIAP)
A program of Boston Medical Center, assists victims of violence in their recovery from physical and emotional trauma by empowering them with skills, services, and opportunities. Empowerment enables victims to return to their communities, make positive changes in their lives, strengthen others who are affected by violence, and contribute to building safer and healthier communities. Through effective intervention, VIAP aims to improve clients' long-term outcomes, which include reduction in violent reinjury and future violence enactment.

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