On Fridays here at Armed With Reason, we highlight some articles from the Gun Violence Prevention realm that might’ve been missed during your busy week.
States with Lower Gun Ownership and Stronger Gun Laws Have Lowest Suicide Rates
“These findings reveal how gun suicide drives overall suicide rates and make clear that reducing access to firearms is a critical element in helping prevent suicide.”
Access to guns worsens the US political violence crisis, experts say
“According to research conducted by his team, Americans who had bought guns since the disruptions of the Covid pandemic in 2020 or who regularly carry loaded firearms in public expressed higher levels of susceptibility to political violence.”
ZeroEyes Releases First 'Back to School Gun Violence Report' Examining Trends in K-12 and Higher Education
“ZeroEyes, the creators of the only AI-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the US Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, today announced that its pioneering Gun Violence Research Center has released its first "Back to School Gun Violence Report….”
Gabby Giffords: It’s the Guns. It’s Always the Guns.
“There have now been two assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump in just over two months…. But the through line here isn’t Mr. Trump. The through line isn’t the Secret Service. The through line isn’t heated rhetoric. The through line is, as it always is, the guns.”
Gillibrand announces 3,000 illegal firearms seized under gun trafficking bill
“Those seizures were made under the terms of the Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act, which was wrapped into the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.”
Gun stores in Fresno area are closing. Owners blame California laws, taxes and economy
“They said there was little to no money to be made as a gun store owner, citing newer California laws that they said increased owner expenses and turned off customers from buying as much guns and ammunition as before.”
Bulletproofing America’s Classrooms
“People say, ‘Oh, you’re just profiting off the carnage,’ he said. And you know what I say? ‘Look, don’t blame me. I’m just the fire extinguisher manufacturer, OK?’”
An image from a demonstration on the website of Tuffy Packs, a company that manufactures ballistic shield inserts for backpacks. (Image via New York Times)
Switzerland and the U.S. have similar gun ownership rates — Here’s why only the U.S. has a gun violence epidemic
“The researchers argue that Switzerland’s unique gun culture, legal framework, and societal conditions play critical roles in keeping gun violence low, and that these factors are markedly different from those in the United States.”
What do survivors of gun violence experience? An expert explains
“Gun violence is traumatic for everyone involved — victims, their family and friends, residents of nearby homes and first responders. But there's a path to recovery for those who might be struggling….”
An ER Doctor’s Cure for America’s Gun Epidemic
“I’m a gun-owning emergency physician, a father, and the cousin of a man who was shot to death. If it wasn’t for the National Rifle Association declaring in 2018 that physicians, like me, should ‘stay in their lane’ and keep quiet about the toll of this plague, I wouldn’t have written about this subject. Yet gun violence consumes my life. I see victims of gun violence from family tragedies — children, adolescents, and adults — almost every day.”
VIDEO: Family, doctors, preachers, coroners and police share experiences with violence in hopes of reducing gun violence
“They shared stories of losing loved ones to gun violence and how the trauma of those killings follows them every day.”
Falcons' Drake London laments gun celebration in win vs. Eagles
“‘There's a lot of stuff going around in the world with gun violence that I don't think I should have displayed there,’ London said. ‘So, I'm not too happy with it, and [you] probably won't see that again from me.’”