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- • Fear of school shootings, bullying and indoctrination helped fuel a pandemic-era boom in home schooling [The Washington Post]
- • Nearly eight years after a spotting at Umpqua Community College left nine people dead, an Oregon city is still trying to heal [CNN]
- • The Creator of the AR-15 Didn’t See This Coming [The Atlantic]
- • Dianne Feinstein’s Fight to Stop Gun Violence in Schools Central to Her Legacy [Education Week]
- What does it take to solve a shooting? [Vital City]
- • Pa. lawmakers push for state funding for school monitoring program in hopes of slowing gun violence [WHYY]
- • Why Are Gun Ads So Uncommon? [The Trace]
- • Roxborough High remembers Nicolas Elizalde, killed one year ago [Chalkbeat]
- • Teen murdered outside Roxborough High School one year ago honored with Day of Peace [6ABC]
- • Driven by fear: Why some Brooklyn youth carry guns [The New York Amsterdam News]
- • Suicide rates of teenage boys are skyrocketing because of firearm access [The 19th]
- • First Philadelphia Crime Summit to lay out gun violence prevention blueprint [WHYY]
- • More active shooter drills.Safe rooms.Bulletproof backpacks.The American classroom is changing. [CNN]
- • New firearms safety grants explore reporting systems, safe storage, childhood injuries, more [University of Michigan]
- • Firearms Injuries Higher in Gentrified Neighborhoods [Harvard Medical School]
- • From the Front Lines: Chicago CRED’s Effort To Stop Gun Violence [Center for American Progress]
- • Operation Hug the Block marches on: Late-night Peace Patrols, community safety, and a City Council promise [WHYY]
- • ‘It’s such a common thing now’: School shootings reached record levels in 2022 [Juvenile Justice Information Exchange]
- • California is first state to levy a tax on guns and ammo to fund safety programs [NPR]
- • ‘Til my voice is gone’: 7 years after her son’s murder, a Philadelphia mother is guiding others through grief [WHYY]
- • Why Biden’s latest gun violence initiative has activists optimistic [Vox]
- • Study Points to Gentrification as Trigger for Gun Violence [US News]
- • White House ceremony marked by intersection of race and gun violence [The Grio]
- • Gun violence is the ultimate ‘superstorm,’ President Biden says as he announces new federal effort [The Associated Press]
- • Biden credits young activists as he announces new Office of Gun Violence Prevention [EdSource]
- • Biden administration announces new White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention [American Association of Pediatrics]
- • Biden Credits School Shooting Survivors as He Creates Gun Violence Prevention Office [Education Week]
- • 82% of Americans want gun restrictions for those convicted of domestic violence, poll finds [The 19th]
- • The link between gentrification and gun violence [The Harvard Gazette]
- • Biden names Harris to lead first federal gun violence prevention office [The Guardian]
- • Philadelphia sheriff disputes controller report that her office can’t account for nearly 200 guns [WHYY]
- • 8 City Council calls for hearing on 911 response times in aftermath of Kingsessing mass shooting [Philly Voice]
- • President Joe Biden to Establish First-Ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, To Be Overseen by Vice President Kamala Harris [The White House]
- • Solutions to be priority at council’s gun violence summit [The Philadelphia Tribune]
- • Biden is creating a new White House office focused on gun violence prevention [NPR]
- • Republican mayoral candidate David Oh talks gun violence at South Philly town hall [NBC10]
- • Biden to announce White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention [ABC News]
- • Opinion: Philadelphia is too often in crisis mode, which does nothing to stop future crises [The Philadelphia Inquirer]
- • Introducing ‘The Gun Machine’: A Podcast About How America Was Forged by the Gun Industry [The Trace]
- • The Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office can’t account for nearly 200 guns, city controller says [The Philadelphia Inquirer]
- • Opinion: Here’s how a California tax on firearms would prevent gun violence [Los Angeles Times]
- • Guns and Voting [Brennan Center for Justice]
- • Why violent crime is rising in Washington D.C. [CBS News]
- • Violence Prevention Programs Aim to Reach Young People. They Have to Earn Their Trust First. [The Trace]
- • Suicide leads gun-related deaths. Why don’t we mention it when talking about gun control? [USA Today]
- • How off-site gun storage can save lives — a veteran’s story [Yahoo News]
- • U.S. surpasses 500 mass shootings in 2023 [AXIOS]
- • Jacksonville shooting has already faded from memory. Victims deserve better from the media. [USA Today]
- • California Becomes First State in America to Call for Constitutional Convention on Right to Safety [gov.ca.gov]
- • Join us for… Reporting Gun Violence: Media, Ethics and Community Intervention [Annenberg School of Communication]
- • Oregon: Gun control advocates to share Measure 114 research ahead of Harney County trial [loin.com]
- • Unlocked and loaded: How most gun-owning households with teens store firearms [University of Michigan]
- • POLICE RECORDED 45 MURDERS IN PHILADELPHIA IN AUGUST; HERE ARE THE VICTIMS’ NAMES [Philadelphia Obituary Project]
- • Disarm Hate: A Summary of Key Challenges and Solutions [Center for American Progress]
- • The Disarm Hate Act Would Help Prevent Hate-Motivated Gun Violence [Center for American Progress]
- • Should Philly be able to set its own gun laws? Pa. Supreme Court justices seem skeptical [The Philadelphia Inquirer]
- • Key facts about Americans and guns [Pew Research Center]
- • Public Libraries Can Play a Role in Gun Violence Prevention [The Trace]
- • How to get accused domestic abusers to turn over their guns [AXIOS Seattle]
- • States with Lower Gun Ownership and Stronger Gun Laws Have Lowest Suicide Rates [Violence Policy Center]
- • Outrage intensifies over New Mexico governor’s temporary gun ban as sheriff vows not to enforce it [The Associated Press]
- • Today: Pa. Supreme Court to hear arguments over whether Philly can enact its own, stricter gun laws. ‘They need to save our children,’ families say [WHYY]
- • Commentary: State gun laws have devastated my community. As a senator, there’s little I can do. [The Philadelphia Inquirer]
- • Philly youth homicides dropping since pandemic [The Philadelphia Tribune]
- • Suicide is a major and often overlooked aspect of gun violence [pennlive.com]
- • A False Account of a Controversial Killing Takes Philly Police ‘a Hundred Steps Back’ From the Community [The Trace]
- • ‘A Chance At Life’: Philly woman promotes peace through fun activities for city children [6ABC]
- • A journalist’s very personal project helps guide family members who’ve lost loved ones to violence [The Poynter Institute for Media Studies]
- • Amid gun violence crisis, Philadelphia may be safer than people think [Billy Penn]
- • What can be done to prevent gun suicides as U.S. rate hits all-time high [PBS]
- • California lawmakers approve new tax for guns and ammunition to pay for school safety improvements [The Associated Press]
- • After-School Programs Could Reduce Gun Violence Among Young People. Why Aren’t There More of Them? [The Trace]
- • New Mexico governor issues order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque [The Associated Press]
- • California lawmakers approve new tax for guns and ammunition to pay for school safety improvements [The Associated Press]
- • How Do We Remember Those We’ve Lost to Gun Violence? [The Trace]
- • UNC shooting shows the need for trauma-informed college campuses [The Philadelphia Inquirer]
- • ‘It Was Hard to Put Words to Something So Raw and So Recent’ [Nieman Reports]
- • Philly gun violence survivor overcomes his trauma, uplifts other victims [NBC10]
- • How to Reduce Gun Violence? Teachers Share Their Ideas [Education Week]
- • Chicago Youth Programs Often End With the Summer. Young People Want More. [The Trace]
- • Vanderbilt launches Center for Research on Inequality and Health to study causes and consequences of health-related inequalities [Vanderbilt University]
- • Billie Eilish, Sheryl Crow & More Musicians Join Anti-Gun Violence Coalition [Billboard]
- • A Stray Bullet Struck Her Sister. Now, Her Violence Prevention Work Includes the Man Who Fired the Gun. [The Trace]
- • LA City Council OKs plan to track the filing of gun violence restraining orders [Los Angeles Daily News]
- • Concealed Gun Licenses and Homicides Rise in Tandem [The Good Men Project]
- • Guns and racism: Who do White Americans really perceive gun rights to be for in the United States? [American Psychological Association]
- • Ahead of school year, Philadelphia activists, federal lawmakers push for federal assault weapons ban [WHYY]
- • Gun owners: It’s time for us to stand up against the Second Amendment death culture [Salon]
- • Black youth suicide rates have more than doubled since 2007, per Johns Hopkins report [Yahoo News]
- • ‘Democracy is dead in Tennessee’: Readers respond to gun safety inaction [The Tennessean]
- • From the streets to city hall, Philadelphians band together to combat gun violence [The Globe and Mail]
- • The Office of School Safety has purchased more drones. [The Philadelphia Inquirer]
- • The Heat is Killing Us: Climate change & rising temps are increasing gun violence [New York Amsterdam News]
- • Johns Hopkins report finds troubling rise in Black youth suicide rate [THE BALTIMORE BANNER]
- • How Do We Make Sense of the Racist Shooting in Jacksonville? [The Trace]
- • As Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Begins, Gun Safety Advocates Continue Fight To End Preventable Public Health Crisis of Gun Suicide [Momd Demand Action]
- • Editorial: There’s no place like America for gun violence [Los Angeles Times]
- • Family gathers to remember father killed at Independence Mall over the weekend [NBC 10]
- • Commentary: Many Philly kids carry trauma and stress. One simple tool can help. [The Philadelphia Inquirer]
- • Community Input Is Driving This North Carolina County’s Approach to Violence Prevention [The Trace]