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Public heath strategists tackle New Orleans gun violence: two Black cops looking at crime scene beyond yellow tape

Public health strategists tackle New Orleans’ gun violence

The research team from Tulane’s schools of public health, medicine and social work is probing how public health concepts and practices might...

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What happened after Minneapolis removed police officers from schools

By September 2020, 11 new unarmed public safety support specialists, many with law enforcement-related backgrounds, were in place and on the Minneapolis...

student threats, when students bring guns to schools: gun falling out of backpack on top of yellow book

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When students bring guns to North Carolina schools

West Charlotte High School had let out only minutes earlier when, hearing gunfire, school officials ordered an immediate lockdown and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police...

Juvenile sentencing: One hand is raised and grasping a wire fence.

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Guest Opinion Essay

Teen shooters should be judged as teens, not adults

Few among us are oblivious to the suffering that results from certain crimes committed by youthful offenders. As researchers and citizens, we...

rise of firearm suicides among youth report: youth on phone on park bench with graphic of gun and graph to the right

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The rise of firearm suicide among young Americans

Everytown for Gun Safety releases a troubling new report discussing the stark rise in firearm suicides among youth across the nation and...

ghost gun rule: hands holding a picture of child in baseball uniform

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New 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...

A red button near the ginger hole of a gun controls the black trigger

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Critics 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...

School shootings: Line of several teens with hands up behind heads stand in side building hallway

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For ‘lockdown generation’ school shootings are their reality

A day after the school massacre in Texas, Ohio teacher Renee Coley thought her sixth grade students would need time to process,...

Gun control across the nation: AMerican flag and a green state flag at half mast against a cloudy sky in front of a domed tan stone building.

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States divided on gun controls, even as mass shootings rise

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee was quick to react to this week’s carnage at a Texas elementary school, sending...

Parkland shooting survivor:: Closeup of teen gitl's face with sad expression

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For Parkland survivor, a long road to recovery from trauma

More than a year after she witnessed a gunman kill three fellow students and injure five others in her Parkland classroom, Eden...

Gun violence survivor campaign: Black man in jeans, a gray winter jacket and navy baseball cap on backwards stands on sidewalk in front of s 2-story oldr home holding a white human skull with large section of bone missing on right side.

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At 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...

rural youth and guns study: young boy shooting a rifle at shooting range

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Study: 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...

Permitless Carry Georgia: Inside a white-walled classroom, t hree women hold blue training guns at shoulder height aiming in front of themselves while male instructor stands behind them.

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Youth 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...

restoration, not prison video: screenshot of man and son sleeping on couch

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For 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...

School triage training: Margory Stone Douglas High School sign on green lawn with police car in background

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Parkland families to get millions in settlement over FBI’s inaction

The government's announcement Wednesday said the settlement resolves 40 cases connected to the shooting for $127.5 million. The settlement does not amount...