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Halfway through 2021, the US has seen more than 280 mass shootings, including one in Iowa

June 20, 2021

The Violence Project's co-founder Jillian Peterson was featured in a segment by CNN about the rise in mass shootings throughout the country. "Jillian Peterson, Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Hamline University, said, 'That type of violence has been surging through the pandemic, and now in 2021 we're really seeing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media, News, Watch or Listen Tagged With: trauma, stressors, Gun violence, risk factors, pandemic

No More Normal: Gun Violence Part 1

May 16, 2021

As of Friday, May 14, there have been nearly 16,000 deaths due to guns so far this year in the United States, according to data from Gun Violence Archive. Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic, protests about racial equity, and the general election dominated our attention, but that doesn’t mean that other serious matters like gun violence disappeared. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media, Watch or Listen Tagged With: crisis, Gun violence, mental health, prevention, pandemic

A Horrible History: Colorado’s Plague of Mass Shootings

April 30, 2021

"The Boulder King Soopers mass shooting on March 22, 2021, took as many lives as the prior four Colorado mass shootings combined. Colorado has witnessed 12 mass shootings in the last 27 years, claiming 59 lives and injuring another 125 people — many with life-changing afflictions. As these events grow in frequency and severity, experts call for a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research, Media

Main Stream Media Super Spreaders

April 5, 2021

The NRA published an article in the wake of three deadly mass shootings citing our op-ed from August 2019, "We Have Studied Every Mass Shooting Since 1966. Here’s What We’ve Learned About The Shooters." From the NRA: "Peterson and Densley wrote in the L.A. Times almost two years ago that, 'most of the shooters had studied the actions of other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: social script, copycat, Mass shootings, Columbine, contagion, social media, notoriety

Minnesota stalemate on gun laws is contrast to broader national momentum

April 3, 2021

The Violence Project's James Densley commented on the stalled discussion of gun violence laws in the Star Tribune. In this article, he "pointed out that Minneapolis and St. Paul both notched homicide totals last year not seen since the 1990s. 'So if it is the mass shootings that gets the legislators through the door to start talking about this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Policy, Red Flag Laws, gun control, gun laws

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Disclaimer: This project was supported by Award No. 2018-75-CX-0023, awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Justice.

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