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’ve been missed during your busy week.
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VIDEO: Gun violence still a big issue despite flurry of election topics, advocates say
“According to a 2023 Pew Research Center survey, 61% of Americans say it's too easy to legally obtain a gun in this country and 58% believe U.S. gun-control laws should be stricter.”
Gun Control and the 2024 Election: Young Voters Are Mobilizing Around the Issue in Georgia and Beyond
“Young voters see gun control as a pressing issue for November and are looking for candidates with solutions to gun-related deaths.”
VIDEO: Moms, Gen Z Press for Action to Address School Shootings
“There were about 20 school shootings in 1970. In 2021, there were over 250. This is a uniquely American crisis.”
A Glimpse at Gun Violence Right Now
“What we need to be doing is investing in resources and efforts that are focused on the meaningful prevention of gun violence and scaling up the many multilevel solutions we know work….”
Several States Moved to Restrict Guns at Polling Places This Year. Two Succeeded
“The measures reflect intensifying concern about shootings and voter intimidation as an election season already punctuated by violence draws to a tumultuous close.”
Young Black Men Who Carry Guns Provide Insights Into Preventing Violence
“For the study, researchers from historically Black colleges and universities interviewed more than 350 African American men between 15 and 24 who either owned a gun or had owned one recently.”
There’s a new reason your neighbors bought a weapon — gun culture 3.0
“Gun culture 3.0 is all about perceived political threats unleashed by those no longer invested in normal guardrails — whether rogue government agents or rogue private individuals.”
Armed With Reason: The Podcast - Episode 29 - Interview with domestic violence shooting survivor, Courtney Weaver
New partnership to help prevent gun violence
“Thanks to a $76,000 grant award through the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, YouthZone will be able implement our Safe Pathways program, a community-based gun violence initiative focused on interrupting cycles of gun violence, trauma, and retaliation.”
VIDEO: Gun violence prevention program launched [in Milwaukee]
“The Advance Peace Fellowship Program, and leaders say it’s proven to reduce crime in more than 10 other cities where it’s been launched.”
The White House’s Medicaid Plan Could Be ‘Transformational’ for Gun Violence Prevention
“The White House announced that the federal agency that oversees Medicaid… is developing a plan that will allow state Medicaid agencies to reimburse health care providers for screening patients for gun injury risk, counseling them on safer storage practices, and sharing violence prevention resources.”
Hawaii Takes Aim at the Supreme Court’s Most Chaotic Gun Rights Ruling
“The Supreme Court makes state and federal courts use a fuzzy ‘history and traditions’ test to evaluate laws designed to promote public safety…. It scraps the traditional techniques used by federal and state courts to review laws passed by the People to protect people. And by turning the test into history and nothing else, it dismantles workable methods to interpret firearms laws. All to advance a chosen interpretive modality.”
These High School Kids Have Tracked Guns on TV for 3 Years — Here’s What They Found
“The group found 33 percent of all TV episodes studied in fall 2024 featured at least one firearm, itself a 33 percent increase from fall 2023.”
VIDEO: Aly & AJ on pushing for gun control measures ahead of 2024 election: "So much is at stake"
“The sisters sheltered in place on their tour bus in Sacramento while a gunman killed six people and left at least a dozen others wounded….”