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All posts tagged "targeting gun violence project"
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4.7KNews95% of public schools conduct active shooter drills. Are students safer?
188 school shootings occurred during the 2021-22 academic year according to recent federal data.
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1.1K► Reports‘Two Battlefields’: Opps, cops, and NYC youth gun culture
A study of young gun carriers in NYC sheds a light on their perspective.
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1.6KNewsFor Chicago girls confronting violence, a school solution for reducing PTSD
Nearly 40% of girls in Chicago Public schools experience PTSD and violence-related stress.
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1.9KNewsYouTube’s recommendations send violent and graphic gun videos to 9-year-olds, study finds
The accounts that followed YouTube's suggested videos received 382 firearms-related videos in one month.
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1.3KNewsUvalde families plead for languishing Texas gun bills
The emotional late-night hearing underlined the sustained anger by some Uvalde families.
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1.3KNewsTeacher shot by 6-year-old student files $40 million lawsuit
The lawsuit alleges gross negligence for ignoring multiple warnings leading up to the shooting.
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1.1KNewsGun injuries in US surged during pandemic, CDC study shows
The largest proportional increase occurred among children younger than 15.
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1.5KNewsFunerals set for Nashville school shooting’s 6 victims
Funeral arrangements were disclosed for the six people killed in the Nashville school shooting.
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1.1KNewsHonoring a son caught in the crossfire, Jared’s Heart aims to curb Atlanta’s gun violence
The 23-year-old had been killed when a gunman sprayed bullets at a weekend cookout.
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2.0KNewsYoung shooting victims and witnesses face higher risks of PTSD, addiction, being desensitized to gun violence
“Trauma is a roller coaster,” said shooting survivor Mia Tretta.
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1.1KNewsDenver school shooting suspect dead; parents push security
Students and others across Denver rallied at the state Capitol Thursday for gun reform.
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3.4KNewsThe extraordinary surge in gun-carrying by teens comes with a heavy cost
The increase in gun carriage was especially pronounced among rural, white, and higher-income adolescents.
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1.6KNewsUvalde mom sues police, gunmaker in school massacre
“There’s no accountability or transparency. There’s nothing being done,” Sandra Torres said.
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1.6KNewsMore students and teachers are being trained to triage gunshot victims
Last August, teachers and other school staff at Cypress Bay joined what the surgeon’s group says are more than 2.4 million people...
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1.3KNewsListening for gunshot victims’ ‘audible blood,’ then stopping its flow
Emergency wound management such as that taught through the American College of Surgeons’ Stop the Bleed program, its proponents say, offers gun-injured individuals a...
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2.2KNewsAlabaman is appealing 55-year sentence for participating in a burglary ending in teen friend’s death by police
LaKeith Smith, under Alabama’s felony murder law allowing prosecutors to charge a person considered an accomplice to a crime, was faulted for...
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1.6KNews25 years after Kentucky school shooting, a chance at parole
When 14-year-old Michael Carneal opened fire on his fellow students during a before-school prayer meeting in 1997, school shootings were not yet...
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1.5KNewsSchool gun case sparks debate over safety and second chances
Most gun incidents in and around campuses are more like Oak Park than Uvalde. They're not planned large-scale shootings, or active-shooter situations....
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1.4KNewsStates’ plans to make school safer reflect political divides
In the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, governors around the country vowed to take steps to ensure their students...
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1.8KNewsIn separate cities, hard hit by gun violence, gunshot survivors fight against firearms
The backstories of Sakran and Pep couldn’t be more different. But their survivor stories drive their activism about the public health threat...
