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“Gun sales have risen in recent years, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Feb.

“Remember during the 2020 presidential race when Donald Trump refused to disown right-wing violent extremists, instead telling the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by”? We might now know what they’ve been standing by for.” Continue reading.

Last year I sold my old vacuum on Nextdoor, a social networking service for neighborhoods. A stranger responded to my listing, we agreed on a price, and we arranged a place and time for making the exchange. Until recently, I could have legally sold a gun in much the same way in 29 states. 

It’s an election year. Donald Trump and other Republican Party leaders have refused to commit to accepting November’s results. Trump has referred to those who stormed the Capitol on Jan.

“More than 33,000 people have died in mass shootings since January 1, 2023. Not only are guns the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 19 and young adults age 25 and under, but young Black Americans are 14 times more likely than white youth to die of gun homicide.

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Dear Colleagues,

The first Friday in June marks National Gun Violence Awareness Day and the start of Wear Orange Weekend. Wear Orange originated in 2015, a year that would have included Hadiya Pendleton’s 18th birthday. At 15, Hadiya was shot and killed on a Chicago playground just days after she marched in President Obama’s second inaugural parade. Hadiya’s childhood friends honored her life by wearing orange, the color hunters wear to stay safe, and the teens sparked what is now a national commemoration and call to action.

Experts in many fields — domestic violent extremism,

“There is much talk about political violence in America these days. Garen Wintemute, a University of California, Davis, scholar who researches firearm violence, has recently led a nationwide survey research project on political violence. The Conversation U.S.

Whether the topic is highly publicized mass shootings like this summer’s tragedies in Uvalde and Buffalo, or the more silent but ongoing epidemic of suicides involving guns, research and context from the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program (VPRP) continues to inform national debate and public policy responses around the prevention of firearm violence.

You’re not going to like what you see.