Friday Finds
Wherein we unearth GVP-related stories from the past week.
On Fridays here at Armed With Reason, we highlight some articles from the Gun Violence Prevention realm that might have been missed during your busy week.
U.S. surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis
“To drive down gun deaths, Murthy calls on the U.S. to ban automatic rifles, introduce universal background checks for purchasing guns, regulate the industry, pass laws that would restrict their use in public spaces and penalize people who fail to safely store their weapons.”
Firearm Violence in America - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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VIDEO: Supreme Court upholds law barring domestic abusers from owning guns in major Second Amendment ruling
“The decision, which placed most of the court’s conservatives and liberals on the same side, could help shore up similar federal gun regulations that have been challenged since the Supreme Court vastly expanded gun rights in 2022….”
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More than 500 people have been charged with federal crimes under the gun safety law Biden signed
“A White House report obtained by The Associated Press on the implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act also said that enhanced background checks under the new law have stopped roughly 800 sales of firearms to people under age 21 who would be prohibited from buying them.”
Michigan establishes Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
“The group will be comprised of members reflecting a wide range of stakeholders including state department directors, medical experts, law enforcement professionals, tribal representatives, and more.”
VIDEO: Born from the tragedy of gun violence, this program teaches children how to stop a wound from bleeding out
“Carleton is part of a larger movement also known as ‘Stop the Bleed,’ a campaign that was born out of the tragedy at Sandy Hook. Hartford Hospital trauma surgeon Dr. Lenworth Jacobs was tasked with reviewing the autopsies of the 20 children and six adults killed that day, to find any lessons that could be learned out of the horror. ‘You cannot imagine what the kinetic energy of an AR-15 does, or a bullet does, to a 6-year-old,’ Jacobs said. ‘This is not civilized.’”
New Tech In Gun Violence Prevention
“The past decade has had dozens of startup companies finding ways to use technology to detect gun violence threats, speed up emergency response times and keep weapons out of the hands of dangerous people.”
Seeking an antidote to gun violence, a St. Paul church will help turn firearms into gardening tools
“Biblical verses from the books of Micah and Isaiah inspired the work: ‘They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks.’”
VIDEO: The impact that gun violence has on hospitals and health care workers in Connecticut
“From everyone who works in the emergency departments, the operating rooms, the surgical floors. Every single person it touches touches violence in that way and it wears on everybody.”
The Toll Gun Violence Takes on the People Working to Stop It
“For gun violence prevention activists, advocates and funders, the Surgeon General’s proclamation is a sad, but important validation of a decades-long effort. It also underscores the ongoing need to support the thousands of people working on the front lines every day to reduce violence in some of our most vulnerable and under-resourced communities.”