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Untraceable: The Rising Specter of Ghost Guns
A ghost gun is a do it yourself, homemade gun made from easy-to-get, unregulated building blocks. These guns are made by an individual, not a federally licensed manufacturer or importer. Ghost guns are the fastest-growing gun safety problem facing our country.
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Gun Violence and COVID-19: Colliding Public Health Crises
Update Background Check Laws
22%
of American report acquiring their most recent gun without a background check
Taking Care of Yourself
The Impact of School Safety Drills for Active Shootings
VOCA Grants for Violence Reduction
$2.3 billion
is the annual average allocation of Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) victim assistance funds to all states and territories
CityGRIP: Your data-driven blueprint for gun violence prevention
Ten Years of Mass Shootings in the United States
194
mass shootings occurred from 2009 to 2018
EveryStat: A one-stop-shop for gun violence statistics on the local, state, and national levels.
Those Who Serve: Addressing Firearm Suicide Among Military Veterans
Guns and Violence Against Women: America’s Uniquely Lethal Intimate Partner Violence Problem
52
women are shot and killed by an intimate partner every month
Community Resource Directory
Gunfire on School Grounds in the United States
Disrupting Access: Addressing Firearm Suicide in the U.S.
3x
access to firearms triples the risk of suicide
Keeping Our Schools Safe: A Plan for Preventing Mass Shootings and Ending All Gun Violence in American Schools
UNCHECKED
1.2 million
online firearm ads did not require background checks in 2018
Gun Violence in America
The Impact of Local Violence Intervention Programs
The Impact of Gun Violence on Children and Teens
14x
Black children and teens in the US are 14 times more likely than their white counterparts to die by gun homicide
Gun Violence in Cities
Better Background Checks
3.5m
illegal gun sales have been blocked in the past 20 years
Gun Law Navigator
#NotAnAccident Index
70%
of children under age 10 know where their parents store their guns
Talking To Kids About Trauma
Coping with Trauma
