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NAMI outlines key priorities for model bill on gun violence
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32795
Subject(s) - alliance , legislation , political science , economic justice , mental illness , publication , flag (linear algebra) , administration (probate law) , law , gun violence , order (exchange) , criminology , public administration , medicine , psychology , medical emergency , psychiatry , poison control , business , suicide prevention , mental health , mathematics , pure mathematics , algebra over a field , finance
Following an executive order on gun violence issued last month by the Biden administration to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to publish “red flag” legislation for states to address the issue, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in a letter to the DOJ urged a focus on effective solutions that do not discriminate against people with mental illness.