6 tips for reporting on gun policy and gun violence
…Amendment. “Well it turns out that CDC wasn’t advocating for gun control. It was doing research on gun control, and it’s still allowed to do research on gun control,” Vernick…
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Universal background checks and gun permits: What the research says
…research on gun violence. In 1996, Congress passed legislation that prohibited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using federal funds to “advocate or promote gun control.” That means…
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Gun buybacks: What the research says
…gun control legislation was the reason for lower rates of gun violence, the fact remains that the country largely avoided mass shootings for more than two decades following the Port…
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The ‘boyfriend loophole’ in federal gun law: What the research says
…Lautenberg Amendment amended the Gun Control Act of 1968, which previously barred people convicted of a felony domestic violence offense from legally owning a gun. The so-called “boyfriend loophole” hinges…
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Can ‘red flag’ laws curb gun violence? Here’s what the research says.
…Prevention from using funds to “advocate or promote gun control.” That means there is little federal funding to examine gun violence on a national scale. But that doesn’t mean there…
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Covering gun violence in America: Tips from German Lopez
…gun violence that don’t focus on gun control. For example, focused deterrence policing (in which efforts are targeted on specific issues within a community), higher alcohol taxes and programs that…
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Injury-related deaths on the rise in US from 2000 to 2016
…federal funds for gun research. Currently, the Dickey Amendment prevents CDC research funding from supporting projects that “may be used to advocate or promote gun control.” The National Rifle Association…
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7 things journalists should know about guns
…created this guide in 2012: “What Journalists Need to Know about Guns and Gun Control.” His website, CoveringGuns.com, offers a host of information, including a timeline of America’s gun control…
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The online gun market: A legal analysis of impacts on gun control
…amendment to the Gun Control Act and mandated background checks prior to any gun sale by a seller with a federal firearm license. The law only applied to what it…
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Suicide prevention: Research on successful interventions
…were those that reduced overall gun availability, including permit requirements and bans on sales to minors. Gun control policies that tried to keep high risk individuals from possessing firearms had…
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