Gun Violence in the United States

User icon Heather Dray
30 October 2023
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US Firearms Policy in practice and review.


ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California · 26 October 2023 English

Despite clear evidence regarding the negative impact of police on students and school environments, North Carolina continues to devote millions of dollars to placing armed law enforcement officers in schools. …


Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions · 14 December 2023 English

The growing presence of firearms in political spaces in the United States endangers public health, safety, and the functioning of democracy. Far from being an outlier, the January 6th insurrection …


Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · 29 September 2022 English

On average, 110 people are killed by guns every day in the United States, with Black Americans disproportionately impacted. In 2021, for the first time, the director of the Centers …


American Academy of Arts and Sciences · 14 November 2023 English

In the summer of 2022, following a pair of highly publicized mass-casualty shootings in upstate New York and West Texas, a bitterly divided United States Congress responded to a groundswell …


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 5 October 2023 English

Firearm violence is a pervasive public health crisis in the United States, with significant numbers of homicides involving firearms, including indiscriminate shootings in public spaces. This paper investigates the largely …


County Health Rankings and Roadmaps · 14 November 2023 English

Other 3% Record number of Murder Suicide gun deaths 43% 54% Source: Pew Research Center, 2021 7 Gun deaths by suicide 2021 rates highest in Wyoming, Montana, Alaska, New Mexico …


Pew Research Center · 16 August 2023 English

Gun owners in the United States continue to cite protection far more than other factors, including hunting and sport shooting, as a major reason they own a gun. About half …


Brookings Institution · 27 May 2022 English

The recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults deceased reopened wounds of the Sandy Hook, Buffalo, and Parkland shootings for many Americans. Each of …


AFT: American Federation of Teachers · 28 November 2022 English

Now more than ever, when a white female teacher is afraid of a Black male student and kids need to be taught how to dream and reach those dreams, how …


USCM: United States Conference of Mayors · 10 May 2023 English

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