{"id":14087,"date":"2014-05-13T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhe180dev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/sheriff-clarence-dupnik-laws-that-may-have-averted-jan-8-attack-finally-changed\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T12:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:00:19","slug":"sheriff-clarence-dupnik-laws-that-may-have-averted-jan-8-attack-finally-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/sheriff-clarence-dupnik-laws-that-may-have-averted-jan-8-attack-finally-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"Laws that may have averted Jan. 8 attack finally changed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona State Legislature passed a series of new mental health laws this session that went largely unheralded by the media, despite their significance. Had these laws been in place, it\u2019s quite possible that what happened here on that day \u2013 a mass shooting that left six people dead and 13 others injured, including former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) \u2013 might have been prevented.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;\" href=\"http:\/\/azstarnet.com\/news\/opinion\/column\/guest\/sheriff-clarence-dupnik-laws-that-may-have-averted-jan-attack\/article_45fd010d-9d99-56e9-b5a8-694d557d698f.html\" target=\"_blank\">Link to Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona State Legislature passed a series of new mental health laws this session that went largely unheralded by the media, despite their significance. 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