OPINION PIECES:
GABBY GIFFORDS: IT’S THE GUNS. IT’S ALWAYS THE GUNS. (NEW YORK TIMES, 16 SEPTEMBER 2024)
BLAMING A PARENT, AGAIN FOR FAILED GUN LAWS (NEW YORK TIMES, 6 SEPTEMBER 2024)
PEOPLE GET SCARED AND BUY A GUN. HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS NEXT (NEW YORK TIMES, 1 AUGUST 2023)
WE CAN’T JUST SHOOT OUR WAY OUT OF THIS (NEW YORK TIMES, 12 JULY 2023)
IT’S BEEN SIX WEEKS, AND WE ARE FIGHTING HERE IN NASHVILLE (NEW YORK TIMES, 8 MAY 2023)
IT’S A DELUSION TO THINK HAVING A GUN IN THE HOME MAKES US SAFER (NEW YORK TIMES, 22 APRIL 2023)
ABORTION IS REMAKING OUR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE. WHY AREN’T GUNS? (NEW YORK TIMES, 17 APRIL 2024)
IT’S NOT ‘DEATHS OF DESPAIR.’ IT’S DEATHS OF CHILDREN. (NEW YORK TIMES, 6 APRIL 2023)
WHY DOES OUR SOCIETY PRODUCE SO MANY MASS MURDERERS? (NEW YORK TIMES, 3 APRIL 2023)
WE’RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT HOW FAR THE SUPREME COURT WILL GO TO ARM AMERICA (NEW YORK TIMES, 29 MARCH 2023)
GUN VIOLENCE HAS CHANGED US (NEW YORK TIMES, 26 MARCH 2023)
A SMARTER WAY TO REDUCE GUN DEATHS (NEW YORK TIMES, 24 JANUARY 2023)
REPUBLICANS ARE BREAKING WITH THE N.R.A., AND IT’S BECAUSE OF US (NEW YORK TIMES, 13 DECEMBER 2022)
ARMED FOR THE HOLIDAYS (NEW YORK TIMES, 30 NOVEMBER 2022)
RISING RATES OF ADOLESCENT FIREARM SUICIDE AND THE CLINICIAN’S ROLE IN ADDRESSING FIREARMS (JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY, APURVA BHATT ET AL., 18 AUGUST 2022)
WHY MASS SHOOTERS DO THE EVIL THEY DO (NEW YORK TIMES, 7 JULY 2022)
OUR GUN MYTHS HAVE HELD AMERICA HOSTAGE FOR TOO LONG (NEW YORK TIMES, 4 JULY 2022)
MAINE’S END RUN AROUND THE SUPREME COURT OFFERS STATES A BLUEPRINT ON GUNS (NEW YORK TIMES, 23 JUNE 2022)
THE MYTH OF THE ‘GOOD GUY WITH A GUN’ HAS RELIGIOUS ROOTS (NEW YORK TIMES, 23 JUNE 2022)
REPUBLICANS WANT TO ‘HARDEN’ SCHOOLS. THAT’S AN AWFUL EUPHEMISIM (NEW YORK TIMES, JOHN MCWHORTER, 14 JUNE 2022)
WHAT IT TOOK FOR A COUNTRY WITH A STRONG GUN CULTURE TO GIVE THEM UP (NEW YORK TIMES, AARON TIMMS, 13 JUNE 2022)
CALIFORNIA HAS AMERICA’S TOUGHEST GUN LAWS, AND THEY WORK (NEW YORK TIMES, 31 MAY 2022)
THE HARD TRUTH: GUN SAFETY MUST BE EVERYTHING REPUBLICANS FEAR (NEW YORK TIMES, 29 MAY 2022)
AMERICA MAY BE BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR (NEW YORK TIMES, 27 MAY 2022)
HOW GUN VIOLENCE HARMS ALL OUR CHILDREN (NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, DR. NINA AGRAWAL, 26 MAY 2022)
THESE GUN REFORMS COULD SAVE 15,000 LIVES. WE CAN ACHIEVE THEM (NEW YORK TIMES, 25 MAY 2022)
WE MAY BE ABLE TO PREVENT SOME MASS SHOOTINGS (NEW YORK TIMES, 7 APRIL 2022)
BLACK MOTHERS ARE THE REAL EXPERTS ON THE TOLL OF GUN VIOLENCE (NEW YORK TIMES, 6 MAY 2021)
GUN VIOLENCE AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: POLITICAL BUSINESS AS USUAL? (LIZA GOLD, PSYCHIATRIC TIMES, 25 NOVEMBER 2019)
SUICIDE HAS BEEN DEADLIER THAN COMBAT FOR THE MILITARY (NEW YORK TIMES, 1 NOVEMBER 2019)
THAT ASSULT WEAPON BAN? IT REALY DID WORK. (NEW YORK TIMES, 4 SEPTEMBER 2019)
LIZA GOLD COLUMN: THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND FIREARM REGULATION REFORM — BASE DISCUSSIONS ON EVIDENCE (RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, 7 JUNE 2019)
GUN STORAGE LAWS SAVE CHILDREN’S LIVES (BALTIMORE SUN, 24 FEBRUARY 2019)
EFFORTS TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE SHOULD NOT INCLUDE INCREASED SURVEILLANCE (AZZA ALTIRAIFI & VALERIE NOVACK, CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS, 20 FEBRUARY 2019)
A NEW MODEL TO STOP THE NEXT SCHOOL SHOOTING (AMY BARNHORST, NEW YORK TIMES, 13 FEBRUARY 2019)
WOULD CONGRESS CARE MORE IF PARKLAND HAD BEEN A PLANE CRASH? (JACLYN CORIN, NEW YORK TIMES, 13 FEBRUARY 2019)
MY SON SURVIVED ONE MASS SHOOTING. HE DIDN’T SURVIVE THE SECOND (WASHINGTON POST, 7 FEBRUARY 2019)
DEMOCRATS NEED TO THINK WAY BIGGER ON GUNS (VOX, 9 JANUARY 2019)
WHAT CAN I DO AS A PHYSICIAN TO PREVENT FIREARM INJURY? (JAMES S. KHAN, EDITORIALS, ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 20 NOVEMBER 2018)
PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH ON GUN VIOLENCE: LONG OVERDUE (VICTOR J. DZAU & ALAN I. LESHNER, IDEAS AND OPINIONS, ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 19 JUNE 2018)
WHY WON’T THE GOVERNMENT LET ME STUDY GUN VIOLENCE? (DABNEY P. EVENS, CITYLAB, 12 APRIL 2018)
ANGER ISN’T A MENTAL ILLNESS. SHOULD WE TREAT IT ANYWAY? (SLATE, 6 APRIL 2018)
I’M A HUNTER, AND I SUPPORT GUN CONTROL (THE SEATTLE TIMES, 6 APRIL 2018)
SPENDING BILL LETS CDC STUDY GUN VIOLENCE; BUT RESEARCHERS ARE SKEPTICAL IT WILL HELP (NPR, 23 MARCH 2018)
5 WAYS ADVOCATING FOR A HEALTH LENS UNIFIES THE GUN VIOLENCE DEBATE (JAVIER LOPEZ ET AL, NEWS & BLOG, THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, 22 MARCH 2018)
THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN PERCEIVED DANGER IN US SCHOOLS AND REALITY (NPR, 15 MARCH 2018)
STOP BLAMING MENTAL ILLNESS FOR MASS SHOOTINGS It’s about the guns (VOX, 14 MARCH 2018)
HOSPITALS MISSING FROM GUN CONTROL DEBATE (POLITICO, 13 MARCH 2018)
GUN VIOLENCE AND PUBLIC HEALTH: THE NEED FOR FEDERAL RESEARCH FUNDING (HARVARD LAW, BILL OF HEALTH 9 MARCH 2018)
WHY “BAD” DOES NOT EQUAL “MAD” (PSYCHOLOGY TODAY, 7 MARCH 2018)
HOW THE FIREARMS INDUSTRY INFLUENCES US GUN CULTURE, IN 6 CHARTS (THE CONVERSATION, 23 FEBRUARY 2018)
TARGETING MENTAL ILLNESS WON'T PREVENT MASS SHOOTINGS (BALTIMORE SUN, 23 FEBRUARY 2018)
THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM CAN’T STOP MASS SHOOTERS (NEW YORK TIMES, 20 FEBRUARY 2018)
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP FIREARM VIOLENCE (GAREN J. WINTEMUTE, IDEAS AND OPINIONS, ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 19 DECEMBER 2017)
FIREARM-RELATED INJURY AND DEATH - A U.S. HEALTH CARE CRISIS IN NEED OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS (DARREN B. TAICHMAN ET AL, EDITORIAL, NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 23 NOVEMBER 2017)
I’M A PSYCHIATRIST. MAKING GUN VIOLENCE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH IS A CRAZY IDEA (POLITICO, 9 NOVEMBER 2017)
HOW TO REDUCE SHOOTINGS (NEW YORK TIMES, 6 NOVEMBER 2017)