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How To Stop Shootings and Gun Violence in Schools
We need meaningful actions to keep our schools safe, actions that address what we know about gun violence in America’s schools.
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33%
is the increase in the rate of gun homicides from 2019 to 2020.
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10k+
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1.3 million
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33%
of youth suicides and unintentional deaths are prevented by securing guns.
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Invisible Wounds: Gun Violence and Community Trauma among Black Americans
11 min
Every 11 minutes, a Black American is shot and wounded.
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4.1k
Latinx people die from gun violence in the US each year.
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90%
of gun violence survivors report experiencing trauma from the incident.
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Alternative Dispatch Programs
<4%
Fewer than 4 percent of 911 calls are related to violent crime, even in cities with high homicide rates.
Hurdles to Healing: Fixing Victim Compensation Funds
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1.2 million
online firearm ads did not require background checks in 2018.
