March is Women’s History Month. Below are some recent Armed with Reason posts by or about women who are doing amazing work in the gun violence prevention field. #WomensHistoryMonth #GVP @teachersunify.bsky.social #SurvivorStories

Today’s GVPanorama, from the Duke Center for Firearms Law, is a thorough overview of the basic arguments about the Second Amendment. The article further looks into the notion of a “citizen militia” and the Trump administration’s empowerment of professional militarized forces like ICE.

The deadly mass shooting in downtown Austin, the latest in Texas’ gun violence, marks the state’s seventh mass shooting of the year. It is only March.

Check out today’s Regional Wrap to get you caught up on gun violence prevention news that might be happening right in your town.

In lieu of any new studies regarding dogs accidentally shooting people— and given the great ratings for the Puppy Bowl — we thought we’d revisit this piece from last November, in case you missed it. #GVP #MythBustingMonday #gunviolenceawareness #dogs #AccidentalShooting #DGU #DefensiveGunUse

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In case you missed it, below is our recent interview with @abbeyclements.bsky.social from @teachersunify.bsky.social

Every other week, Armed With Reason brings you the Regional Wrap to get you caught up on gun violence prevention news that might be happening right in your town. Link: open.substack.com/pub/armedwit...

This re-post, from our colleagues at Guns Down America, is a deep dive into the weird world of the insurance company/gun lobby group, United States Concealed Carry Association. @gunsdownamerica.bsky.social

Today in #FridayFinds at armedwithreason.substack.com Federal GVP Cuts Fallout; Gun Ownership Debate; and more. open.substack.com/pub/armedwit...

Our trusted colleague David Riedman, PhD — of the K-12 School Shooting Database — recently co-authored this new report from the Journal of Social Science & Medicine that “analyzes 20 years of school shootings with an index value measuring changes in state gun laws over time.” @k12ssdb.bsky.social

February 1-7 is National Gun Violence Survivors Week. Below are some harrowing but ultimately inspiring stories of survival that we’ve shared on Armed with Reason. #nationalgunviolencesurvivorsweek #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #SurvivorStories @teachersunify.bsky.social #sandyhook #columbine #CVI

December, 2025, marked the 4th birthday for the educator-focused GVP group, Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence. Check out our new interview with co-founder and Sandy Hook survivor, Abbey Clements. @teachersunify.bsky.social #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #teachers #SandyHook

Today in #FridayFinds - Our weekly roundup of the latest gun violence prevention news... @thetrace.org #CVI #HospitalViolenceIntervention #Minneapolis #AlexPretti and more... armedwithreason.substack.com/p/friday-fin...

This seemed a good time to revisit this AWR article from October, 2025. Once again, we must stand back from the chaos for a second and ask the simple question: Does anyone honestly feel safer now than they did at the beginning of Trump’s second term? Photos By Michael Nigro

Our desperate times have created concerned reactions, so here's a firearm factsheet we've created to consider if you're pondering gun ownership. #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #gunownership #MythBusting #selfdefense

Given the increasingly invasive, authoritarian tactics of the Trump administration — most notably concerning ICE raids — a debate has been brewing online within traditionally left wing spaces around the need for gun ownership. It seemed a good time to revisit this original AWR piece from Nov, 2024.

In recent weeks we’ve been hearing stories of traditionally progressive folks considering buying a gun for the first time out of fear of current events. While those fears are completely understandable, we wanted to share this fact sheet that we've created to serve as a conversation starter…

Check out this week’s #FridayFinds for recent gun violence prevention news you might have missed during your busy week- Trump Effect on GVP - One Year In; Mass Shooting Stats; Ghost Guns Study; and more…

“When public discourse treats lethal force as the presumptive explanation for violent encounters, it reshapes how people interpret their own actions…” Check out the latest from GVPedia’s @devinlhughes.bsky.social

The Myths We Carry: An Advocates Guide to the Gun Debate, offers a timely and deeply-researched examination of why confronting disinformation is essential to saving lives. Available for purchase: www.amazon.ca/Myths-We-Car... All proceeds benefit GVPedia.

We’ve got the winners of signed copies of "The Myths We Carry" — check out an interview with author and GVPedia founder, Devin Hughes. #themythswecarry #MythBusting #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #gundebate

A prime directive of GVPedia is to continually search for and compile the latest peer-reviewed academic and scientific studies and reports related to gun violence. Check out the December 2025 Research Rewind.

On Fridays we highlight articles and videos from the gun violence prevention realm that might’ve been missed during your busy week.

The Myths We Carry: An Advocates Guide to the Gun Debate, offers a timely and deeply-researched examination of why confronting disinformation is essential to saving lives. Available for purchase: www.amazon.ca/Myths-We-Car... All proceeds benefit GVPedia.

"Today’s re-post is an essay from HuffPost on the subtle ways our children are sucked into the power dynamics of gun play early on in life.... “

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GVPedia founder Devin Hughes has just released his first book - The Myths We Carry: An Advocate’s Guide to the Gun Debate. Available for purchase here: a.co/d/dU9NHAg. All proceeds benefit Hughes gun-violence prevention non-profit, GVPedia.

Check out this new interview with @devinlhughes.bsky.social , Founder of GVPedia and author of the brand new book about gun violence prevention, The Myths We Carry: An Advocate's Guide to the Gun Debate.

The Myths We Carry: An Advocates Guide to the Gun Debate, offers a timely and deeply-researched examination of why confronting disinformation is essential to saving lives. Available for purchase here: a.co/d/dU9NHAg. All proceeds benefit Hughes gun-violence prevention non-profit, GVPedia.

Each quarter — with the help of our colleague Dru Stevenson — we compile The Legal List, a concise inventory of recent GVP-related cases from across the country to help you see where we stand in our battle against the gun lobby. @drustevenson.bsky.social

In case you missed it, here are our Top 10 most viewed articles of 2025. From grim Federal cuts to inspiring regional anti-violence efforts, GVP advocates remained determined through a tough year.

A new podcast from Connecticut Public delves into the reverberating effects of an increasingly common threat. NPR #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #schoolshooting #sandyhook #studentlife

Today is the official release date for The Myths We Carry: An Advocate’s Guide to the Gun Debate. To celebrate, we are giving away a signed copy of the book to 5 paid subscribers! Enter to win! armedwithreason.substack.com/2025

Win a signed copy of the new book from GVPedia founder Devin Hughes, The Myths We Carry - a definitive primer on gun lobby disinformation. #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #MythbustingMonday #disinformation Enter to win here! 👇

In case you missed it- This week in Friday Finds: open.substack.com/pub/armedwit...

From grim Federal cuts to inspiring community anti-violence efforts, GVP advocates remained determined through a tough year. open.substack.com/pub/armedwit...

Every other week we bring you the Regional Wrap to get you caught up on gun violence prevention news that might be happening right in your town. open.substack.com/pub/armedwit...

As we wrap up 2025, we’re hoping you’ll consider becoming a paid subscriber to help us get through 2026. And until the clock turns to January 1, we’re offering 25% off a subscription. Click here — armedwithreason.substack.com/2025— and have a great year.

From our diligent colleagues at @thetrace.org comes this excellent round-up of major moves of gun violence research in 2025. "Trump’s return to office rattled academia, but insights continued to emerge." #gunviolenceawareness #GVP #gunviolenceresearch #gvpanorama #2025InReview

This week in #FridayFinds: Year-End GVP Reviews; Guns Pouring Into Canada from U.S.: Brown Univ. & Bondi Beach Shooting Updates; and more. open.substack.com/pub/armedwit...

America’s increasingly strange and self-defeating fascination with firearms doesn’t take a holiday around the Holidays. Below is a random selection of articles from the last few years that take a look at one of America’s most depressing “holiday traditions.” #HappyHolidays #MerryChristmas

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Today’s piece is a recent interview with Dr. Jonathan Quick who “has explored how consumer products can create harmful patterns of use that mimic infectious disease outbreaks, a concept he has called ‘market-driven epidemics.’”

An armed society is a polite society? -- "One of the most well-known and widely articulated slogans approvingly deployed by pro-gun advocates comes from a 1940s work of fiction, and the “polite society” being described is one in which shooting someone over a crab leg is completely normal."

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“In recent years, several HBCUs have been shaken by gun violence during culturally sacred moments, often during Homecoming festivities when the yard is meant to be our sanctuary.” #HBCU #gunviolenceawareness #GVP