GVPanorama - What Gun Violence Cost Them Six women share what it’s like to have a loved one killed with a firearm

This article, from Marie Claire, is a deeply personal, subtly inspiring, and cautionary piece about six women who lost a loved one to gun violence.
#GVP #gunviolenceawareness #domesticviolence #survivor #MassShooting #gvpanorama

GVPanorama - What Researchers Learned About American Gun Violence in 2025 Trump’s return to office rattled academia, but insights continued to emerge

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

One Man's Personal Mission to End Gun Violence Continues Transforming personal trauma into a powerful movement for change

Today's GVPanorama comes from EBONY.
“I believe that through poetry and the arts that provoke thought, minds can be transformed, leading to a positive and stupendous shift in our culture.”
#gunviolenceawareness #CVI #GVP #gvpanorama #poetry #communitysupport

GVPanorama - The More I Talk About Gun Violence, the Less I Have to Say A deep-breath essay for our era of creeping gun violence normalization

Today’s GVPanorama, via WBUR, is a sober but hopeful meditation on our country’s continued inaction in stemming our gun violence epidemic, from author, child psychologist, and associate professor at @harvardmed.bsky.social Ellen Braaten
#gunviolenceawareness #GVP #schoolshooting #gvpanorama #coping

GVPanorama - Lost and Stolen Guns Are More Likely to Be Used in Crimes, Study Finds How legally acquired guns make their way onto the black market

For today’s GVPanorama, we’re re-sharing this Trace article that covers the results of a recent, wide-ranging lost/stolen guns study. A major contributor to America’s gun violence problem, it's a topic that rarely gets addressed.
#STOLENGUNS #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #gvpanorama

GVPanorama: The 60-Year-Old Book That Can Help Cities Reduce Gun Violence Both the left and the right overlook a key factor that makes shootings less likely

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GVPanorama - How People with Criminal Records are Working to Reduce Violence in Baltimore Long a poster child for urban crime, the "Charm City" is experiencing a gun violence turnaround

Today’s GVPanorama is a recent report from CBS News that tells of Baltimore’s recent success at lowering their infamous crime stats — and how they did it with help from an unexpected source.
#gvpanorama #gunviolenceawareness #baltimore #cvi #communityviolenceintervention #GVP #TrustedMessengers

GVPanorama - My Dad’s Death and the Forgotten Half of America’s Gun Crisis Access to a gun makes it eight times more likely to die by suicide

While the usual debate about gun ownership revolves around self defense or mass shootings, as this recent TIME article reminds us, “Of all gun-related deaths in 2023, 58% were suicides.”
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GVPanorama: Owning and Using a Firearm in Ireland The Emerald Isle proves legal and safe gun ownership is possible

The Emerald Isle proves legal and safe gun ownership is possible.
#stpatricksday #ireland #gunlaws #gunviolenceawareness #gvpanorama #firearms

GVPanorama: Harnessing the Power of Health Data to Combat Gun Violence Understanding the scope of our gun violence epidemic remains limited due to inadequate data infrastructure

Today in Armed with Reason’s #gvpanorama — As this comprehensive article from Health Affairs explains, we must continue to support the creation of an integrated, modernized data infrastructure to help combat America's gun violence epidemic.
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GVPanorama: Gun Violence in Black Communities High rates of gun violence have been forged by past and present racial discrimination

Despite the depth of grim statistics compiled in this piece from @giffords.org , there is hope offered via legislative ideas and support for community violence intervention programs.
#gunviolenceawareness #gunviolenceprevention #BlackHistoryMonth #gvpanorama #communityviolenceintervention

GVPanorama: How Gun Violence Impacts Medical Professionals A PBS podcast look at our gun epidemic through the eyes of hospital workers

…In this audio documentary —-debuted last September as part of a three-part series — “two surgeons, a nurse, and a paramedic describe the impact of seeing gun violence up close.”
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GVPanorama: Fixating on Experimentation Could Hinder Gun Violence Prevention A more expansive approach is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of community violence intervention programs

This recent op-ed from @undark.org looks at how to determine if the growing number of Community Violence Intervention initiatives are working, explore what “working” even means, and if it makes sense to use the usual scientific standards to measure the success of CVI.
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GVPanorama: With Federal Gun Control on Ice, Advocates Look to Other Solutions for School Shootings A local, multi-pronged approach is needed in the face of Federal opposition to firearm regulations

This recent article from @thehill.com focuses on what other options can be utilized to stem the glaring problem of school shootings in the next few years, despite Federal inaction.

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GVPanorama: When Our Orgy of Gun Violence Came to My Hometown A graphic short story about the Highland Park shooting

Today’s GVPanorama discovery is a vivid and personal graphic short story from cartoonist and animator, Eric Orner.

Posted by The Nation @nationmag in December, 2024, it tells Orner’s account of the Highland Park, Illinois, shooting on July 4, 2022.
#gvpanorama #gunviolenceprevention #highlandpark

GVPanorama: How One Amendment Became the Real Reason America Can’t Solve Mass Shootings The continuing deadly consequences of the Dickey Amendment

The continuing deadly consequences of the Dickey Amendment…in today’s #GVPanorama
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GVPanorama: Hidden Costs The financial toll of gun violence

Today’s #GVPanorama piece comes from a recent, expansive series in Amsterdam News that “examines the wide-ranging costs of gun violence in America, and reveals how the country’s safety net programs are failing those whose lives are disrupted by this violence…”

GVPanorama: Why Isn't Firearms Marketing Regulated Like Tobacco? Amid rising school shootings, gun makers are targeting younger audiences without consequence

Today’s reposted think piece is from Adweek magazine and written by Peter Naylor.
It’s a straightforward query into why the gun industry continues to avoid the kind of scrutiny we regularly and rightly demand of any business that creates potentially deadly widgets.
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GVPanorama: Florida Father Who Lost Son to Gun Violence Now Works to Help Stop It Turning tragedy into a teachable moment

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