Community members in the Dorchester School Distrct 2 area in South Carolina will soon be able to participate in active-shooter training courses. The district's Safety and Security Task Force decided to offer this training to the community after learning that 44 percent of active-shooter threats occur within business settings. Research by The … [Read more...]
Dorchester school district to offer active-shooter survival training to community in 2020
Our co-founder Jill Peterson appeared on Fox News’ America’s Newsroom
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No Mass Shootings in South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Maine, Vermont, and Delaware
"One map that South Dakota isn’t on is the Violence Project’s map of mass shootings. They count 171 instances over 50 years of killings of four or more people in public places by firearm and find no such events in South Dakota." The Dakota Free Press cited The Violence Project's data in an article that discusses the increase in hate-related mass … [Read more...]
What Makes a Mass Shooter? New Study Stresses the Need for Prevention
"Beyond a desire for tighter firearm regulation, the Violence Project aims to focus on prevention: addressing the patterns surrounding gun violence in order to end it before it begins. This extensive database is definitely a step in the right direction." Source: We Are Mitú Author: Leah Scott … [Read more...]
Minnesota Violence Project aims to understand mass shootings
Minnesota researchers have created a new database that seeks to help understand circumstances that contribute to mass shootings in the United States. Source: Associated Press Author: Associated Press Reprinted: US News and World Report and others. … [Read more...]