This program, supported by The Joyce Foundation, creates a cohort of journalists producing in-depth, data-informed storiesthat illuminate the public health crisis of firearm violence.

“The research suggests that income inequality rooted in decades of structural racism, redlining, segregation, and economic disinvestment creates the conditions in which these disparities persist and compound.”

26% of gun owners with teens only in their home kept 1+ firearm unlocked & loaded vs 17% with only 12 and younger. In 2024, 3,544 teens died by gunfire vs 335 of children under 13. More intentional & effective messaging needed on teen risk of killing themselves or others when gun are accessible.

"In this survey study of adult firearm owners who lived in households with children younger than 18 years, more than 1 in 5 reported that at least 1 firearm in their household was both loaded and unlocked, a practice more common when all children in the household were teenagers."

In this guide, families who have lost someone to violence in St. Louis share what did – and did not – help them rebuild their lives after a tragic loss.

"We are going to put it back into those communities, and we are going to continue to allow these dedicated individuals and community-based organizations, these nonprofits, we are going to continue to allow them to do their magic."

"It’s not easily explained, and people tend not to do well with explanations that are not easy."

“They feel [the fragments] in their chest all the time, they’re nervous. They can see it every time they wake up. It reminds them of what happened, it reminds them of the scene. It’s not like you are looking at a scar, you are looking at a bullet.” - PCGVR Survivor Connection Director Oronde McClain

"The information below are of the names and ages of those who were killed, plus when and where. But we know they are not just names."

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"Findings support existing research suggesting that repeated exposure to gun violence may negatively affect well-being, and that real-world media exposure may also have negative implications."

ChatGPT, they argue “should have realized the combination of Ikner’s inputs into the product would lead to mass casualties and substantial harm to the public."

“People do not think of suicide as a public problem. … When we see things as a community problem or a shared problem, then there’s pressure to fix it."

“It was not just about design; it was about listening. The students showed up with open hearts and a willingness to understand the weight of what this space needed to hold."

Currently, the 80 percent of patients who survive their gunshot wounds go right back to the environment from where they came. They have no access to community services, an especially daunting prospect for patients who may have new physical and mental health issues as a result of their injury.."

"Since 1997, Louisiana women and children have been fatal victims of domestic violence at a rate that is nearly double the U.S. average. For Black women, it is even higher."

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"Even during periods when crime declined, most Americans continued to believe it was rising."

“The same way that violence is a contagion, peace is also contagious.”

"Could put these historic gains at serious risk."

"It does not even limit itself to family members. This is an issue that touches entire communities.”

"The change would open up more than 1,500 trains a day to allowing guns aboard — including the routes that roughly 750,000 people travel every day in Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor"

“People who are incarcerated are probably the most marginalized group of people in our country." - PCGVR Director or Research Dr. @jessicabeard.bsky.social

"This is your chance to get off the sidelines and create real change while building connections with others who care about ending gun violence."

This list provides a starting point for local leaders to begin to identify the problematic gun dealers in their communities that are enabling gun trafficking and take action to stop crime guns at the source.

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"Teachers and students would be explicitly forbidden from discussing the morality of possessing a gun, public policies concerning them or whether a student’s family members have responsible firearm storage practices in their homes."

“I’m in this work for real change—to support ethical journalism, prevent violence, and create a safer, more well-informed community. We have already begun our next chapter: deepening local impact, expanding national reach, and strengthening our networks in newsrooms and communities...”

"We have a battle of sound bites and abundant claims of credit but scarce hard evidence to back them up."

"When states adopted permitless carry and lost the ability to require live firearm training, they experienced a 32% increase in gun assaults... The model policy guide states that the most effective public firearm carry regulations should..."

"Hardening strategies, when looked at cumulatively, seem to do little, if anything, to prevent shootings."

"Through public health initiatives, we continue to save countless children from preventable traffic crashes. We can and must do the same to protect our youth from preventable firearm deaths."

“President Trump is doing everything he can to reward his gun industry CEO friends and donors.”

The changes include rescinding a 2024 regulation from the Biden administration that sought to end what gun control advocates call the “gun show loophole.” That exemption allowed unlicensed dealers to sell firearms without performing a background check.

“This progress didn’t happen by accident; it wasn’t dumb luck or happenstance. It wasn’t inevitable... It is the result of strong gun safety laws, firearm industry oversight and gun reforms. And historic recent investments in gun violence prevention.”

"For families like mine, this is not about winning political or ideological wars. It’s about survival and building a thriving city for all of us."

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"Too many jurisdictions are ignoring the root causes of youth gun possession and defaulting to aggressively prosecuting and punishing all youth who carry firearms. Proven solutions exist that better support youth and improve community safety."

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“I’m in this work for real change—to support ethical journalism, prevent violence, and create a safer, more well-informed community. We have already begun our next chapter: deepening local impact, expanding national reach, and strengthening our networks in newsrooms and communities...”

"Instead of fixing this problem, a handful of gun makers continue to produce and sell easily convertible pistols that can be turned into automatic weapons with nothing more than a screwdriver and a $25 device." Press release:

A recent webinar from Harvard’s Shorenstein Center laid out several useful tips and sources for good gun violence data:

"The most important aspect of our research is that there is an interaction between Christian nationalism and gun ownership — especially strong-identity gun owners — that makes support for political violence even higher than it is with each of those alone.”

“Programs that were actively preventing shootings are now paused or dismantled... You have trained staff who are now laid off and trusted relationships in neighborhoods that are now broken.”

"By empowering young people with the knowledge and skills to recognize warning signs and how to get help, we can create spaces where everyone looks out for one another."

"The warning signs are well studied. Translating that knowledge into consistent recognition and response across courts, law enforcement and communities is where the work remains."

"Researchers and advocates warn the trend could leave courts, police, and families navigating a patchwork of conflicting rules. It could also undermine a tool widely credited with preventing suicides, which make up the majority of U.S. gun deaths."

"The presence of guns makes domestic violence even deadlier, increasing the chance of death by fivefold. Every month 70 women are shot and killed by an intimate partner."

"While domestic and gender-based violence occurs around the world, the ease with which domestic abusers in the US can get their hands on guns means that these already traumatic situations can easily turn deadly."

"It is unclear how much of these trends can be attributed to factors specific to Philadelphia... Cities across the nation have experienced similar declines in violence since pandemic peaks, and experts have been unable to pinpoint the cause of the dropoff."