Friday Finds
Wherein we unearth GVP-related stories from the past week.
Given the constant information tsunami of our 24-hour news cycle world, there are bound to be stories that get lost in the scroll. On Fridays here at Armed With Reason, we’ll highlight some articles from the Gun Violence Prevention realm that might have been missed during your busy week.
Background checks, cooling-off periods for gun buyers and other 'basic steps' to restrict firearms by states CAN lower deaths, study shows as voters seek tighter rules
“If states take basic steps to regulate guns, it will save thousands and thousands of lives.”
U.S. supreme court to hear case on domestic abuser’s right to own guns
“The U.S. supreme court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a case which gun and domestic violence prevention groups are warning could be a matter of life and death for thousands of abuse victims and their families.”
Kids who survive gun injuries experience increases in pain and psychiatric disorders
“Our results suggest that the struggles of the survivors on a daily basis to recover, to heal, to get by and make it to the next day is a challenging road.”
VIDEO: Biden visits Maine to mourn with families, first responders after mass shooting
“Biden said too many communities are being affected by gun violence.”
How College Students Are Rallying Against Gun Violence
“In the national discourse on how to subdue the gun violence epidemic, college students are establishing themselves as central voices.”
VIDEO: Having Conversations about Firearm Storage
“… Drs. Emmy Betz (University of Colorado), Ruth Abaya (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia), and Sandra McKay (University of Texas) discuss the importance of clinicians having conversations about firearm safety and storage with patients and families….”
Migos launches Rocket Foundation, making it their mission to end gun violence
“We treat it like a disease...gun violence is a disease.”
How to curb gun violence: States should ban corporations from selling guns
“But the individual right to ‘keep and bear arms’ is not the same as an alleged right to sell arms. Indeed, federal courts across the country have routinely found that there is no Second Amendment protection for selling arms…”
VIDEO: Louisville woman creates podcast to amplify voices of those affected by gun violence
“There’s not a ton of people talking about grief in a public forum, especially black people, especially grief that comes from the streets. There’s a void.”
‘Stick with the fight’: gun control youth activists respond to Maine shootings
“‘We had one person, a couple decades ago, try to bomb a plane with a shoe bomb and ever since, we’ve had to take our shoes off,’ said Hogg… ‘We’ve had thousands of people die of gun violence and we’ve basically done nothing at the federal level to substantially address it….’”
Mass shooting survivor advocates for ‘common ground’ on guns: ‘We have to bring people together’
“NBC News Correspondent Anne Thompson speaks with Austin and Gun Violence Archive Executive Director Mark Bryant about what is needed to curb gun violence in the U.S.”
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