Additional Resources
- Stats on Gun Violence https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/
- Gun Safety Brochure for both firearm owners and a page for children https://projectchildsafe.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/PCS-GunLock-Brochure-C4C-Spread13.pdf
- https://www.americanprogress.org/article/fact-sheet-weakening-requirements-to-carry-a-concealed-firearm-increases-violent-crime/
- https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/what-are-red-flag-laws-and-how-can-they-prevent-gun-violence/2023/01
- 2019 Secret Service Report on school shooters https://www.secretservice.gov/sites/default/files/2020-04/Protecting_Americas_Schools.pdf
- Article on various research topics on gun violence https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/fight-against-rampant-gun-violence-data-driven-scientific-research-will-light-way
Related Organizations
- https://besmartforkids.org/
- https://www.bradyunited.org/
- https://www.everytown.org/
- https://momsdemandaction.org/
- https://studentsdemandaction.org/
- https://giffords.org/
- https://www.teachersunify.org
- https://www.stopthebleed.org/
Selected publications:
- From the American Academy of Pediatrics- argument for public health approach to address gun violence epidemic https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-060070
- Statistics and risk factors associated with firearm injuries among children https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-3486
- Surgeon General Public Health Crisis 2024 https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/firearm-violence-advisory.pdf
- Cost of Pediatric Firearm Injury https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0252821
- Mental health impact of firearm violence exposure on children; highlights the long-term psychological consequences. https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxad036
- Gun Violence Best Predicted as social contagion https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.8245
- Effectiveness of safe storage study https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.293.6.707
- Study Comparing Lethality of Gun Shot Wounds vs Motor Vehicle Collisions https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2021.12.031