{"id":85576,"date":"2016-06-15T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?p=85576"},"modified":"2024-05-12T21:40:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T01:40:04","slug":"its-time-for-congress-to-act","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2016\/its-time-for-congress-to-act\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Time for Congress to Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignwide wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It&#039;s Time for Congress to Act\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KJBAHGn9Kes?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar sphnews-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">June 15, 2016<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Professor Michael Siegel on the overdue need to restore federal funding for research into gun violence, second in a four-day video and social\u00a0media\u00a0campaign to draw attention to the\u00a0toxic\u00a0mix of access to guns and the\u00a0rhetoric\u00a0of hate. #Enough<\/p>\n<h4>View Videos of the #Enough Series<\/h4>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<h6><a title=\"The Toxic Mix of Guns and Hate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/2016\/06\/14\/the-toxic-mix-of-guns-and-hate\/\">The Toxic Mix of Guns and Hate (1\/4)<\/a><\/h6>\n<p><div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Toxic Mix of Guns and Hate\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RykUjsnILjo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<h6><a title=\"Stopping Violence Against LGBTQ People of Color\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/2016\/06\/16\/stopping-violence-against-lgbtq-people-of-color\/\">Stopping Violence Against LGBTQ People of Color (3\/4)<\/a><\/h6>\n<p><div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stopping Violence Against LGBTQ People of Color\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jwoq8ipLvHs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<h6><a title=\"We Have to Turn Our Anger into Action\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/2016\/06\/17\/we-have-to-turn-our-anger-into-action\/\">We Have to Turn Our Anger into Action (4\/4)<\/a><\/h6>\n<p><div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We Have to Turn Our Anger into Action\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2O-AOg2pfuY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Take Action<\/h4>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/secure3.convio.net\/apha\/site\/Advocacy;jsessionid=D681056D077A40726EC2D41E73F84609.app314a?cmd=display&amp;page=UserAction&amp;id=1205&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=legislativealertsemail&amp;utm_campaign=orlandogunviolenceemail&amp;utm_content=gunviolencealert1205\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tell Congress<\/a> to pass common-sense measures to reduce gun violence. <a title=\"Take Action\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/2017\/10\/02\/take-action\/\">Find more resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Recent SPH Gun Research<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/2016\/03\/09\/three-state-laws-identified-that-can-reduce-gun-deaths\/\">Three State Laws Identified That Can Reduce Gun Deaths<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/2016\/05\/19\/firearm-ownership-closely-tied-to-suicide-rates\/\">Firearm Ownership Closely Tied to Suicide Rates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/2016\/01\/26\/link-between-gun-ownership-rates-and-murders-of-women\/\">Link Between Gun Ownership Rates and Murders of Women<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/2015\/09\/21\/restrictive-gun-control-policies-lower-youth-gun-carrying\/\">Restrictive Gun Control Policies Lower Youth Gun Carrying<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/2014\/09\/29\/higher-gun-ownership-rates-linked-to-increase-in-non-stranger-homicide-bu-study-finds\/\">Higher Gun Ownership Rates Linked to Increase in Non-Stranger Homicide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/2013\/09\/11\/new-research-shows-link-between-rates-of-gun-ownership-and-homicides\/\">Link Between Rates of Gun Ownership and Homicides<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUSPH Professor Michael Siegel on the overdue need to restore federal funding for research into gun violence. #Enough<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8472,"featured_media":85629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[2103,2102,1866,2277],"bu-publication":[3516],"sphnews-article-category":[3519,3531,3533],"sphnews-topic":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"profile_tax":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/85576"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8472"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85576"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/85576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241068,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/85576\/revisions\/241068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85576"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=85576"},{"taxonomy":"sphnews-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sphnews-article-category?post=85576"},{"taxonomy":"sphnews-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sphnews-topic?post=85576"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=85576"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=85576"},{"taxonomy":"profile_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_tax?post=85576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}