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“So many warning signs were dismissed by law enforcement and others ahead of the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill.

“The Senate has reached an agreement on a bill to include support for the passage and implementation of

Once again, the headlines are dominated by a gruesome mass shooting, this time resulting in the deaths of 19 school children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, right on the heels of the white supremacist attack in a Buffalo, New York supermarket that killed 10 people. Public mass shootings have profound impacts on survivors, families, and communities of victims, and the wider public's feelings of safety.

“Gun violence is reportedly happening at levels many cities have not seen in decades. In New York City, police reported a 16% rise in shooting incidents between March 2021 and March 2022.

“California has taken a big step to address the scourge of gun violence. A new state law will allow scientists to generate the evidence that legislators and community leaders need to design violence prevention programs that work...” Continue reading

“As a public health researcher and the leader of the nation’s largest community development organization, we are making an urgent call for locally led, anti-racist approaches to stopping the gunfire that for years has ripped through our communities...” Continue reading

In September, a 22-year-old white woman named Gabby Petito was reported missing by her family. A few months earlier, she had set off in a camper van she renovated with her high school sweetheart, Brian Laundrie, to explore the wild spaces of the American West. She updated her Instagram as she went with smiling photos of herself and Laundrie, framed by canyons and lit by sunsets, and touched base with her family back east every few days. 

“Firearm violence is a pervasive and uniquely American problem. Our firearm homicide rate is 25 times higher than that of similarly large and wealthy countries, despite comparable rates of crime overall...” Continue reading

“As the coronavirus pandemic begins to wane in the U.S., a number of public mass shootings have once again reminded us of the epidemic of gun violence in our country. The FedEx shooting in Indianapolis, the massage parlor shooting in Atlanta, and the Boulder supermarket shooting were only a few of the 160 mass shootings (defined as four or more people killed) in the first four months of 2021.

“As a psychiatrist, I’ve long known that helping people with their mental health often requires meeting their basic needs. During the pandemic, we started to do that..." Continue reading