As the topic of gun laws becomes larger within the Supreme Court, our data shows that 46% of mass shootings were committed with a handgun, 20% with an assault rifle, 13% with a rifle, and 11% with a shotgun. For more data, visit https://theviolenceproject.org #data #database #gun #law Source: Twitter Return to all data visualizations … [Read more...]
Classification of Firearm used in Mass Shooting
Book review: What if mass shootings are the American way?
"Reviewing "The Violence Project, How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic," the authors view active shooter drills as counterproductive and they find our so-called "school hardening" techniques to be waste." The following article reviews Dr. Jillian Peterson and Dr. James Densley's book "The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic" … [Read more...]
What causes gun violence and how can we stop it?
Listen Here "Close to 290 people have been killed or wounded by gunshots in Minneapolis in the first half of 2021. That’s about double the number of people hit by bullets in the first six months of each of the previous four years. Homicides jumped from 22 to 40 in that same period. The deaths of two children hit the Twin Cities especially … [Read more...]
Halfway through 2021, the US has seen more than 280 mass shootings, including one in Iowa
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...]
No More Normal: Gun Violence Part 1
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...]