May 28, 2022
Uvalde School Shooting Tragedy
Looking For Solutions

America's unique, enduring gun problem, explained

Tuesday's mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, 10 days after a mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, has once again brought American exceptionalism on gun violence into stark relief. No other high-income country...

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www.vox.com
USAFacts
The latest government data on school shootings

Data shows that in the school years between 2000 and 2020, there were 11 to 75 shootings with casualties at public and private elementary and secondary schools each year.

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Right to carry gun laws: Explained - USAFacts

Our nation, in numbers. USAFacts provides a comprehensive, nonpartisan view of the state of our union.

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The Conversation
6 charts shows key role firearms makers play in...

Americans have blamed many culprits, from mental illness to inadequate security, for the tragic mass shootings that are occurring with increasing frequency in schools, offices and theaters across the U.S. The latest, which occurred on May 24,...

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theconversation.com
Gun Rights vs Gun Control

See spending on lobbying and contributions from gun control and gun rights groups to members of Congress, as well as current NRA data Gun violence is a fact of life in the United States and mass shootings continue to occur with frightening...

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www.opensecrets.org
Giffords Law Center
Giffords Annual Gun Law Scorecard

Since 2010, the experts at Giffords Law Center have researched and graded state gun laws, revealing an undeniable correlation between strong laws and low gun death rates. To build a safer America for us all, our leaders need to adopt these...

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giffords.org
Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Debunking Myths About Gun Violence | Johns Hopkins...

Dangerous myths distract from the real-and solvable-problems behind gun violence.

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publichealth.jhu.edu
Gun Policies That Save Lives | Hopkins Bloomberg Public...

Four evidence-based strategies target the main drivers of gun violence. With more than 390 million guns in civilian hands, the U.S. has more firearms than people. This daunting fact can make the problem of gun violence seem unsolvable.

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magazine.jhsph.edu
University of California, Berkeley
Greater Good Science Center
Greater Good Resources to Take Action Against Gun Violence

© Fibonacci Blue / CC BY 2.0 When will it ever stop? As gun violence gets worse in the United States, many of us feel overwhelmed by helplessness and anger. We feel that, too, at Greater Good. But we know that change is possible, and that what we ...

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