“None of us are gonna be happy if this is like a great trend we saw for three years and then it starts to go the other way."

"W.e must prioritize public health by emphasizing policies that put time and space between dangerous individuals, those in crisis, and guns."

“Violence that is rooted in gendered issues is a huge predictor of — and possibly the biggest predictor, in some studies — of trajectories that lead to mass violence... Over half of mass shooters are targeting a partner.”

New this week: the FBI will likely report the lowest murder rate ever recorded when its data for 2025 is released next year. I wrote about why I think this will happen as well as the chance that the record doesn't last after being revised. jasher.substack.com/p/the-fbi-wi...

Join us next week in Philadelphia. This program was designed for journalists but will be informative and engaging for anyone interested in gun violence, prevention and the role of the media. Speakers, agenda, more info and ticket link on our home page now: PCGVR.org

Join us next week in Philadelphia. This program was designed for journalists but will be informative and engaging for anyone interested in gun violence, prevention and the role of the media. Speakers, agenda, more info and ticket link on our home page now: PCGVR.org

"The gun didn't bring confidence. It brought anxiety. I became hyper-aware, scanning crowds, checking my purse latch, mentally rehearsing worst-case scenarios. Carrying a weapon didn't calm my fear. It fed it."

“The National Guard and police show up after a shooting has occurred. They don’t show up before. That’s not stopping or saving anyone.”

"Especially the one about adults doing everything they can to keep kids safe. We haven’t. We don’t."

"It reveals that firearm violence can be considered an environmental stressor with lasting area-wide effects, pointing to potential opportunities for integrating cardiovascular disease prevention efforts with violence prevention work.”

"Gun suicide is a greater killer of men over 70 than car crashes, our analysis showed. And if older men are in trouble, older white men are especially in trouble. They die by gun suicide at the highest rate — a rate more than triple that of Black and Latino men of the same age, and 19 times the..."

"We are the ones whose voices you should have been asking about for a long time."

"For many, many people, it is associated with distress, anxiety, emotional numbness, nightmares, flashbacks, hypervigilance, symptoms of acute stress, symptoms over time of post-traumatic stress."

"The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs is currently reviewing its websites and materials in accordance with recent Executive Orders and related guidance."

Based on our own research and a review of related work, we can confidently say that most domestic terrorists in the U.S. are politically on the right, and right-wing attacks account for the vast majority of fatalities from domestic terrorism."

In case you missed it Wednesday:

Philly Stat 360 official city data site update now shows monthly homicide totals below last year's for three months straight: philly-stat-360.phila.gov/pages/homici...

"If we’re talking about the politics of shooters, we are no longer talking about other factors that contribute to the shooting."

"The Republican members held the line on their party’s opposition to any measure that would place new restrictions on firearms."

“Someone makes money when your kids die... Who is it? That’s how we get to the root of the problem. There is an industry out there that is perpetrating violence because they are making money from it, and we cannot forget that.”

But we know they are not just names.

Two weeks to go! Conference updates: • Expanding to address the accelerating challenges • Group discounts and individual support available • Complete agenda, conference faculty and more Info and tickets: PCGVR.org

"Think of it as workers’ comp — but for gun injuries and deaths — shifting some of the burden from victims and taxpayers back onto the industry that profits from the product."

It includes help from families and trusted people in the community. Each section is designed to help people who have lost someone to violence — in St. Louis and beyond.

"We often see national attention to the issue of gun violence in the wake of high-profile events... What our polling really shows is that experiences with gun-related incidents are more common than you might think among the U.S. population."

PCGVR responds. www.pcgvr.org

The free program is geared towards Germantown teens, aged 13 to 19, who have been directly impacted by gun violence:

"Florida Republicans have been so supportive of gun rights since assuming complete control of the state government more than 25 years ago that Florida became known as the “Gunshine State.”"

We collaborate with @billy-penn.bsky.socia to produce the Weekly Brief on gun violence prevention, delivered via their daily newsletter every Wednesday. Here's this week's edition: mailchi.mp/billypenn/we...

“Troops in neighborhoods don’t make us safe. Occupation doesn’t make us safe. Fear does not make us safe.”

“With the Pathways for Victim Services Conference, these awards, and the first convening of PCCD’s Gun Violence Prevention Executive Committee— reinforces our ongoing commitment to supporting victims, strengthening communities, and addressing violence across the Commonwealth.” PRESS RELEASE:

"America’s permissive gun culture and laws — cultivated over many decades by the gun lobby and bipartisan but now mostly Republican politicians and their supporters — mean that even the most rigorous measures taken by individual states can only reduce deaths around the margins..."

Respondents signaled support for a broad array of gun violence prevention policies, including safe storage laws, ownership licensing from local law enforcement, extreme risk protection orders and government funding for violence prevention efforts like social services and conflict mediation.

Join us next month in Philadelphia to learn about: The Public Health Approach to Gun Violence Prevention • Preventing Further Harm to People Harmed by Gun Violence • Trauma-Informed Reporting • Solutions Journalism • Peace Journalism • Putting Ideas in Practice www.pcgvr.org

"Bulletproof glass covering our stained glass is a visible admission of defeat in the face of incomprehensible, preventable violence. These kids knew what to do. They did the drills. They followed the procedures. It didn't save them."

400 Million Guns (or More) The supply side of America's gun problem

Eleven shooting victims were recorded from September 7 through September 13 in Philadelphia, including two fatalities, according to city data. During the previous week: 16 shooting victims were recorded, including three fatalities. Weekly map generated via: www.nickhand.dev/philly-gun-v...

“Denying people access to due process, denying people rights, removing people’s ability to live full and safe lives with dignity and safety is structured violence."

“We have so many mass shootings in this country and so many young people die... And so you can’t just blow it off because there has been a bunch of hoaxes.”

"Highlighting urgent needs, and providing a road map for action."

"This association is notably stronger than other measures of socioeconomic position, including education and poverty."

"There are profound challenges to keeping public gatherings safe in a nation riddled by weak gun laws, especially when it comes to carrying a firearm. Open carry laws make it particularly hard to secure public events because the visible presence of firearms creates a dangerous ambiguity."

"Violence intervention and interruption are working, as crime in Chicago has dropped significantly. Murders are down more than 30% in the past year, despite the outbreak of gun violence that took place over the Labor Day weekend."

Measures filed as of Friday included plans to boost funding to the Minnesota violence prevention project research center and create a new office under the Minnesota Department of Health dedicated to preventing gun violence.

Glad we could help. News article applied data from our Philadelphia Shooting Victims Dashboard to put breaking news report in context: www.pcgvr.org/philadelphia...

"It’s a terrible thing to hate your political opponents, but the ready availability of guns makes it easier for people to act on their hatred."

"In 2021, eight of the 10 states with the highest gun death rates per capita were won by Trump in the 2020 election. Mississippi — with a staggering 33.9 per 100,000 firearm death rate, the worst in the nation — voted solidly Republican."

"Two violent acts on Wednesday... crystallize the threat gun violence poses to public health. Yet the Trump administration just shut down its biggest programs devoted to preventing such violence."

"I think part of the problem here is a convergence with the collapse of the media space."

"For newsrooms, this means thinking through coverage decisions, editorial standards, safety precautions and mental health considerations for journalists who witness or cover this violence."