According to a recent survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation, nearly 1 in 5 adults has had a family member killed by a gun, including in homicide and suicide. About as many adults have been personally threatened with a gun, and about 1 in 6 adults has witnessed an injury from a shooting. This major issue is a top concern for Americans.
June 2 marks the second annual observance of National Gun Violence Awareness Day, also known as “Wear Orange Day.” There is clearly no silver bullet for preventing gun violence, but the only way forward is to learn more about the phenomenon in all its diversity and to use this knowledge to evaluate and promote preventive interventions.
Below are the latest headlines from the Gun and Violence channel on Newswise.
Research
-NYU Tandon School of Engineering
New research reveals that most child victims of gun violence are innocent bystanders
-University of Missouri, Columbia
Safer Stockpiles: Developing Regional PSSM Instructor Cadres
-Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
Gun Deaths More Likely in Small Towns Than Major Cities
-Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
Gun violence spills into new neighborhoods as gentrification displaces drug crime
-West Virginia University
Alarming Rates of Teen Suicide Continue to Increase in the U.S.
-Florida Atlantic University
Estimated 6.5 million Californians know someone at risk of harming themselves, others
-UC Davis Health
Those Who Avoided COVID-19 Precautions Early in the Pandemic Are More Likely to Buy Firearms
-Rutgers University-New Brunswick
COVID-19 Pandemic Increased the Frequency of Intimate Partner Violence
-Rutgers University-New Brunswick
-University of Washington
Brain injury toolkit helps support domestic violence survivors
-Ohio State University
Two-Thirds of Chicago Parents Worried About Possible Shooting at Their Children’s School
-Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Vanderbilt Child Health Poll: Most Tennessee parents agree on evidence-based safe firearm storage
-Vanderbilt University Medical Center
-Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
New Report Details Steps to Reverse Decline in U.S. Life Expectancy
-Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
-Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Experts
UT Southwestern Q&A: Experts offer tips on talking to kids about traumatic events
-UT Southwestern Medical Center
Expert available to comment on youth carrying guns and its implications for school safety
-University of West Florida
Expert: More School Counselors Could Help Address America’s Youth Mental Health Crisis
-New York Institute of Technology, New York Tech
George Washington University Experts Discuss NRA Annual Meeting
-George Washington University
How to talk to kids about mass shootings: Tips from an IU expert
-Indiana University
Expert on the Toll of Child Abuse on Victims
-LifeBridge Health
-UT Southwestern Medical Center
George Washington University Experts Available to Comment on School Shooting in Nashville
-George Washington University
UC San Diego Expert on Violence Assesses Police Brutality and Mass Shootings in America
-University of California San Diego
Gun Violence Research Center Day: Why You Should Join the Conversation
-Rutgers University-New Brunswick
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