• Pass legislation to increase the availability of threat assessment training at the local, state, tribal and national levels.
• Develop a payment methodology for threat assessment and management.
• Promote expansion of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model because these clinics are required to provide extensive crisis response capability, and the CCBHC prospective payment model can support the development and operation of threat assessment teams.
• Enact state red flag or extreme-risk protection orders that allow the temporary removal of guns from individuals who are known to pose a high risk of harming others or themselves in the near future.
• Fully implement the existing federal background check requirement for firearms purchases.
Recommendations for Research
• Support research on the nature and factors that contribute to mass violence, including neurobiologi- cal, psychological and sociological factors.
• Support research on methods and instruments for identifying and predicting perpetrators of mass violence.
• Support research on methods of intervention and prevention of mass violence.