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Tag: Gun Violence
Young men in violent parts of Philadelphia, Chicago die from guns at a higher rate than US troops in the heat of battle
Mass shootings account for only about 3% of gun homicides in the U.S.
— Read on theconversation.com/young-men-in-violent-parts-of-philadelphia-chicago-die-from-guns-at-a-higher-rate-than-us-troops-in-the-heat-of-battle-215220
Did Gun Violence Actually Surge in 2022? – by Jeff Asher
Trying to make sense of NCVS 2022.
I think that a possible cause for the disparity could be that official violent crime data might be lower because Cities have a police manpower shortages causing delays in police response. The result could be victims leaving the scene before the police arrive. There would be a 911 call indicating a violent crime but no police report. The initial call might be changed or downgraded because the victim was GOA/UTL (gone on arrival/unable to locate). This could cause the NCVS to have an artificial increase over police data.
Read Jeff Asher’s and see how my theory fits.
— Read on jasher.substack.com/p/did-gun-violence-actually-surge-in
NEW YORK CITY’S GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION TASK FORCE A Blueprint for Community Safety
Terp | An End to the Bleeding
The mayor of Knoxville, Tenn., picked up a UMD researcher’s book on preventing gun violence. The resulting partnership could be a model for how cities can…
— Read on terp.umd.edu/an-end-to-the-bleeding
The April 2020 Nova Scotia Mass Shooting-Final Report | Mass Casualty Commission
On March 30, 2023, the Mass Casualty Commission released its Final Report – Turning the Tide Together – in Truro, Nova Scotia and delivered to the Governors in Council of Nova Scotia and of Canada. The work of the Commission has now concluded.
in April 2020, in the first weeks of the COviD-19 pandemic, the most lethal mass shooting in Canadian civilian history unfolded over 13 terrible hours in Nova Scotia. A perpetrator shot and killed 22 people, one of whom was expecting a child. Many more people were harmed and affected, across Canada, the United States, and
beyond.
On behalf of all Canadians, the governments of Canada and Nova Scotia estab- lished the Mass Casualty Commission in October 2020 to determine what happened, how and why it happened, and to set out lessons learned as well as recommendations that could help prevent and respond to similar incidents in the future. After two and a half years of independent and thorough investigation, this Report comprehensively fulfills the Commission’s mandate.
— Read on masscasualtycommission.ca/final-report/
Gun Violence Archive
Collects data on Mass Shootings. Gun Violence Archive
— Read on www.gunviolencearchive.org/
Gun Violence Affects the Economic Health of Communities
Despite broad interest in estimating the economic costs of gun violence borne by victims and the nation, these conversations rarely address the impact of gun violence on the health of local economies. Do surges in gun violence slow business growth and lower home values, homeownership rates, and credit scores in communities? How do increases in gun violence shape local economic health over time? To answer these important questions, we assembled and analyzed newly available business establishment and credit score data, along with gunshot and sociodemographic data by census tract and gun homicide data (when available), for Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Oakland, California; Rochester, New York; San Francisco, California; and Washington, DC.
Get the report here:
www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/90666/eigv_brief_3.pdf
Gun Thefts from Cars: The Largest Source of Stolen Guns | Everytown Research & Policy
Gun thefts from cars are the largest source of stolen guns—one that continues rising in parallel with rising rates of gun sales and violence.
— Read on everytownresearch.org/gun-thefts-from-cars-the-largest-source-of-stolen-guns/
Targeting Retaliation: Stopping the chain reaction of gun violence in Paterson
Targeting Retaliation: Stopping the chain reaction of gun violence in Paterson, NJ(13:11) (Check out the video at the link below)
The Paterson Healing Collective has been working to reduce shootings in the city since 2020. This is the story of the work they do and the lives they touch.
Michael Karas (see interview at link below) is a visual journalist at NorthJersey.com and The Record. After years in which he often reported several stories a day, Karas recently devoted all his time to a single story: A documentary about an anti-violence organization called the Paterson Healing Collective. We wanted to learn more about the project, and this important group. This conversation has been edited for clarity, and condensed for length.
See more HERE
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