Friday Finds
Wherein we unearth GVP-related stories from the past week.
This week marks the kickoff of National Gun Violence Awareness Month, beginning with Wear Orange Weekened, June 7-9. So in addition to our usual Friday Finds articles, we include a particular emphasis on news about and resources for Wear Orange activities and events around the country.
Wear Orange:
How to Participate in Wear Orange - Everytown
Brady United Wear Orange Toolkit
States United to Prevent Gun Violence - Naationawide Wear Orange Events List
WNBA - Mystics, in Partnership with Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, Raise Awareness Around Gun Violence Prevention on June 7
Related: Mystics Wear Orange
Nuns Against Gun Violence - online events
Gun Lockbox Giveaway Events for National Gun Violence Awareness Day
Google search - Wear Orange news articles from across the nation
National Gun Violence Awareness Month kicks off with hopes of a safe summer
Wear orange this weekend and support an end to gun violence
VIDEO: Families of gun violence victims rally in Rochester, calling for meaningful change and solutions
Image via States United to Prevent Gun Violence
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GVP News of the Week:
Biden wants hospitals to report data on gunshot wounds
“About 160 health-care executives and officials have been invited to the White House today and Friday to promote public health solutions to the epidemic.”
YouTube Tightens Rules on Gun Videos
“The video sharing platform owned by Google said Wednesday it will prohibit any videos demonstrating how to remove firearm safety devices. In addition, videos showing homemade guns, automatic weapons and certain firearm accessories like silencers will be restricted to users 18 and older.”
Researchers find firearm owners have gaps in their knowledge about proper lock installation on firearms
“The researchers, whose study appears in the journal JAMA Network Open, examined data from 3,462 United States residents.”
University of Minnesota study finds comparable rate of firearm deaths among rural and urban Black youth
“The researchers separated the data by U.S. regions and found that the largest increase in firearm mortality among Black rural youth is happening in the South.”
You’re More Likely to Be Shot in Selma Than in Chicago
“The analysis shows that half of all shootings between 2014 and 2023 occurred outside large cities, in small cities and towns of fewer than 1 million people.”
Suicides are at an all-time high in America. One of the best ways to reduce them is gun control
“The link between gun control policies and firearms is strikingly clear — less gun control correlates almost perfectly with higher state firearm deaths overall.”
New toolkit provides best practices for reporting on gun violence
“… when reporters cover gun violence better, they’re playing an active role in minimizing harm done to people and communities and in helping to prevent gun violence.”
VIDEO: South Georgia woman shot 5 times raises awareness for gun violence prevention
“She says she plans to host her ‘5 Shots Awareness’ event each year to not only bring awareness to gun violence but to celebrate her still being alive.”