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All posts tagged "gun violence"
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3.3KNewsNew ghost gun rule unlikely to stem violence amid thriving youth gun culture
Ghost guns — so-called because they are nearly impossible to trace — are sold in parts and assembled by the buyer. Until...
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1.2KNewsCritics link lax gun storage to accidental shootings involving youth, mostly in the South
After running toward the sound of a gunshot that still haunts her, Marentha Sargent watched her 14-year-old, Adrienne Lambert, bleeding from the...
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2.3KNewsAt home in Arkansas and globally, shooting survivor campaigns against gun violence
Between Jan. 1, 2022, and April 25, 2022, Little Rock, Ark. — the 24th most violent of 65 cities, according to the...
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1.9K► ReportsStudy: As young as 12, some rural youth regularly carry handguns
About 25% of rural youth in a University of Washington analysis said they were as young as 12 when they began carrying...
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2.6KNewsYouth activists, firearms trainers and police oppose unlicensed gun laws in Georgia and other states
On April 12, Georgia became the 22nd state allowing unlicensed gun-owners to carry a concealed weapon, one in a spate of so-called...
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2.4KNewsFor a child who killed their child, they chose restoration, not prison
The day they came face-to-face with the teen who accidentally shot and killed their son, Brad and Meagan Hulett confirmed, in their...
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1.3KNewsParents of teen charged in school shooting to stand trial
A judge on Thursday ordered the parents of a 15-year-old boy charged with killing four students at his Michigan high school to...
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1.5KNewsOxford student seeks gun reform: ‘We deserve to feel safe’
Zoe Touray called for gun reform and school mental health services alongside others Wednesday on the Michigan Capitol steps as she shared...
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1.3KNewsTrayvon Martin, 10 years later: Teen’s death changes nation
Trayvon Martin's final night began with a convenience store run, a quick trip for candy and something to drink. It ended in...
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2.0K► ReportsA research-based practice guide to reduce youth gun and gang/group violence
The Urban Institute releases a new, research-based guide to help communities reduce youth and gang violence.
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2.0KNewsWith windfall, city tries to reach kids trapped in violence
After a pandemic year when the violent crime rate in Illinois' fifth-largest city soared along with much of the rest of the...
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2.1KNewsGun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children
Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfires to teenagers gunned down in turf wars,...
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2.0KNewsChicago program builds bonds between combat veterans, youth
To cope with violence and gang influences, youth are joining Urban Warriors, a YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago program that brings together combat...
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1.8KNewsAnnie E. Casey Foundation: Gun shootings fell by as much as 73% in areas where public health-focused “Cure Violence” was implemented
The Annie E. Casey Foundation reports that shootings fell by as much as 73% in communities implementing Cure Violence, an international gun...
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4.0KNewsIn Florida’s murder capitol, gun suicides are overshadowed by gun homicides
It had been scarcely a year since his son was discharged from the Navy following a suicide attempt, Ramon Day said, and...
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1.5KNews316 people are shot every day in America. Here are 5 stories
They panic if a balloon pops. They hold dying family members. They push their wounded bodies to heal and scroll longingly through...
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1.9KNewsFew Barriers Prevent Gun Trafficking from Mississippi
The near-stagnant pace of federal gun law reform and lack of gun possession restrictions in Mississippi make it easy to get a...
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1.7KNewsAbused, Often Homeless, Florida Man Got 2 Life Sentences At 17
In the decades after the civil rights era, Black communities in Jacksonville remained disproportionately impoverished, blighted and policed. Some activists would say...
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3.1KNewsFlorida Attorney Believes Lead Poisoning Is Partial Explanation For Low-income Neighborhood Crimes
Teri Sopp’s former self stares down from a wall in Florida’s Fourth Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office. The painting, a gift more...
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2.2KNewsWhy Focusing On Women, Girls Could Reduce Gun Violence
Her son spent a decade behind bars for an accidental shooting in which a young woman was killed. Then, instead of a...
