…Center for Gun Violence Solutions. Secure storage laws require that guns be locked away, but they do not necessarily impose criminal liability on the gun owner if a child gains…
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…life lost, according to a 2020 report by the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence (now the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions). Gun violence affects the health of…
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…before a gunman comes to school.” Regulations such as universal background checks, removing guns from people with a history of violence and red flag laws are most strongly associated with…
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…— are suicides. Almost 41% of people killed by guns in 2022 were homicide victims. 2. Most guns made in the U.S. are handguns. While AR-15-style rifles get a lot…
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…were semiautomatic, compared with one-third of buyback handguns. Most guns turned in to the city were revolvers. Semi-automatic guns automatically load cartridges and fire one bullet per trigger pull. Revolvers…
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…Interpersonal Violence, December 2021. Firearms and Protective Orders in Intimate Partner Homicides Vivian Lyons, et. al. Journal of Family Violence, November 2020. Guns and Intimate Partner Violence among Adolescents: A…
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…firearm deaths, or explore systemic breakdowns that allow gun violence to perpetuate — are essential but often lacking, according to several people we spoke with. “In the medical community, gun…
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…studies have investigated injuries sustained from gun violence, but Langdorf points out a distinct difference between injuries from mass shootings and those from neighborhood gun violence. “The majority of mass…
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…of our tip sheets, “7 Things Journalists Should Know About Guns,” briefs journalists on basic terminology and warns them about some of the pitfalls of covering gun issues. Columbia University’s…
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…policies that have the effect of restricting access to guns, such as requiring background checks for all guns purchased. Vernick added: “And that’s how policy works in this country; we…
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