A panel of experts discuss the increase in firearm sales, the need for safe storage, and the impact of COVID-19 on suicide, domestic violence, and marginalized communities.

Watch now to learn what local leaders can do during this difficult time, and how activists can continue demanding life-saving change. Learn more ways to take action in our blog.

This webinar originally aired on Thursday, April 9, 2020.

PANELISTS

• Mike Anestis, PhD, Incoming Executive Director of the New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Research (NJCGVR)
• Kyleanne Hunter, PhD, Vice President of Programs of Brady
• Ruth M. Glenn, Chief Executive Officer of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)
• Kelly Sampson, Counsel, Constitutional Litigation, Legal Alliance, and Racial Justice, Brady
• Igor Volsky, Executive Director of Guns Down America
• Tatiana Washington, Executive Council of Team ENOUGH

RESOURCES

• Webinar Presentation
• Storing Your Firearms Safely: How to Protect Your Family from Kyleanne Hunter
• Firearms and Suicide: What Do We Know & What Can We Do from Mike Anestis

• 6 Ways You Can Prevent Gun Violence While Social Distancing Amid COVID-19

DIVE IN DEEPER — LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST

Our podcast, "Red, Blue, and Brady," has been covering health and safety issues around guns and COVID-19. Listen below, or search your favorite podcast app to subscribe and download.

• Episode 50: Guns, COVID-19, and the Risk of Suicide
  Dr. Jonathan Singer and Colleen Creighton of the AAS talk about COVID-19 and how we can talk to friends and family about suicide by firearm.
  
• Episode 49: Guns at Home and COVID-19
  Dr. Kyleanne Hunter talks with gun owner, parent, and PTA leader Leslie LaRue about COVID-19 and how can ensure guns are being stored safely in homes.
• Episode 56: Domestic Violence, Guns, and COVID-19
  Ruth Glenn and Rachel Graber of NCADV talk about the intersections, and risks, of domestic violence, guns, and COVID-19.
  
• Episode 57: Disability, COVID-19, and Guns
  Victoria M. Rodriguez-Roldan of the National LGBTQ Task Force talks about why the NRA is wrong in touting that guns make people with disabilities safer.
• Episode 58: Teens, Gun Violence, and COVID-19
  Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski, founder of the Washington Health System Teen Outreach, talks about the dangers that gun violence and COVID-19 pose to young adults, from suicide to domestic violence.