Reports

Shooting Straight: What TV Stories Tell Us About Gun Safety, How These Depictions Affect Audiences, and How We Can Do Better

This research project explores how often gun safety and prevention measures are portrayed or discussed in entertainment media.

Gun Suicide in Cities: The Lesser-Known Side of City Gun Violence

Rates of people who die by gun suicide in cities are on the rise, but, until now, a dearth of city-level data leaves it often overlooked.

How To Stop Shootings and Gun Violence in Schools: A Plan to Keep Students Safe

We need meaningful actions to keep our schools safe, actions that address what we know about gun violence in America’s schools.

Armed Extremism in Buffalo: Online Gun Communities Provide a Path of Radicalization and Training to a Racist Shooter

The Buffalo, NY mass shooting in May 2022 at Tops Friendly Market was an act of white supremacist, hate-motivated violence.

The Economic Cost of Gun Violence

In an average year, gun violence in America kills 40,000 people, wounds nearly twice as many, and costs our nation $557 billion.

Too Many, Too Soon: Youth Firearm Suicide in the United States

Firearm suicide is having a devastating impact on American youth. But suicide can be prevented.

When the Shooting Stops: The Impact of Gun Violence on Survivors in America

The trauma of gun violence doesn’t end when the shooting stops. Experiencing gun violence has a lasting impact on survivors.

Cuando el tiroteo se detiene: El impacto de la violencia con armas de fuego en los sobrevivientes de los Estados Unidos

El trauma de la violencia con armas de fuego no termina cuando se detiene el tiroteo.

Ten Years of Preventable Tragedies: Findings from the #NotAnAccident Index of Unintentional Shootings by Children

Unintentional shootings by children are a persistent yet preventable tragedy that disproportionately involves preschool and teenage boys.

Preventable Tragedies: Findings from the #NotAnAccident Index of Unintentional Shootings by Children

Unintentional shootings by children are a persistent yet preventable tragedy that disproportionately involves preschool and teenage boys.

The Firearms Industry and the Paycheck Protection Program

Despite a record year in sales and demand, the firearms industry received extensive support from the paycheck protection program in 2020.

Invisible Wounds: Gun Violence and Community Trauma among Black Americans

Persistent gun violence is harming too many Black communities in the U.S., contributing to individual, family, and community-level trauma.

Gun Violence and COVID-19 in 2020: A Year of Colliding Crises

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a pronounced impact on gun violence in the United States.

The Role of Guns & Armed Extremism in the Attack on the U.S. Capitol

The attack on the U.S. Capitol is the latest demonstration of the danger armed extremism poses to our democracy.

The Dangers of Shooting First: “Stand Your Ground” Laws Are a License to Kill

Undeniable: How Long-Standing Loopholes in the Background Check System Have Been Exacerbated by COVID-19

Loopholes must be addressed to ensure that guns are not sold without a completed background check.

A More Complete Picture: The Contours of Gun Injury in the United States

Nonfatal gunshot wounds account for an enormous portion of the gun violence epidemic in America.

Firearm Suicide By Congressional District

There are 52 firearm suicides on average per congressional district each year, yet there is district-level variation across the country.

Armed and Dangerous: How the Gun Lobby Enshrines Guns as Tools of the Extreme Right

For decades, the gun lobby has enabled extremists to access guns through its opposition of common sense gun laws.

The Impact of Active Shooter Drills in Schools

Since the 1999 Columbine shooting, active shooter drills have proliferated in America’s school systems at an exponential rate.

Gun Violence in America

We have gathered the most comprehensive, publicly available data to illustrate the magnitude of everyday gun violence.

Keeping Our Schools Safe: A Plan for Preventing Mass Shootings and Ending All Gun Violence in American Schools

The failure of our leaders to address the root causes of school gun violence is having lasting consequences for millions of children.

Untraceable: The Rising Specter of Ghost Guns

Ghost guns are do-it-yourself, homemade guns made from easy-to-get, unregulated building blocks.