Reducing firearm access to those at risk is a key suicide prevention strategy. New public-facing online state maps display firearm ranges, retailers, and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) willing to provide temporary, voluntary firearm storage. These maps serve as a way for people to easily identify places where they can voluntarily store their firearms. 

Marian Betz, M.D., M.P.H., an associate professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, is leading a project examining the perspectives of firearm suppliers and firearm users in Colorado and Washington on these statewide firearm storage maps. The researchers will also develop an implementation toolkit for other states considering or creating firearm storage maps.

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