GVPanorama: Troubleshooting Gun Crimes
Prevention to Reduce Firearm-Related Violence
While on the search for recent gun violence prevention news for our weekly "Friday Finds” feature, we often come across editorials, personal stories, or wider-lens articles that don’t necessarily fit into a “current events” window. With “GVPanorama” we will highlight some of these thought-provoking pieces.
Today’s GVPanorama piece is an impressive new white paper from the Federation of American Scientists, a 79-year-old organization that “envisions a world where cutting-edge science, technology, ideas and talent are deployed to solve the biggest challenges of our time.”
Hence, this article’s focus on gun violence prevention is sustained by a hefty load of researched facts and informed ideas. The initial listing of alarming statistics quickly gives way to a solid 4-point plan to fix the problem — complete with budget proposals — all infused by a demanding tone as to whom should get their Federal and locals behinds into gear to help solve this growing epidemic.
This paper includes a good interactive map detailing the laws regulating privately made firearms in the United States, and a list of the federal agencies who might most aid in alleviating our gun violence scourge.
Click here for the full article.